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Outse now, car skiesnd chillyemperatures. Planner,ar tight wh co air. Sunny morrow with a ld start. Temperures warm nicely by afternoon. Next wther m. High presse will bring d skieand mu warmer air rrownd trsday. Developing tonight. Its been a sy day for fireghterscross Colorado Springs. There were two majorpartment fires across the city within hourf ea other. Tonightseral are displaced and at least one person is the hospita recove from rn injurs. Heres a look at where the apartment fires broke t. E first started just after 30 at the tewood artments thats near Austin Bluffs pkw and north ade th an ura second re brokeut o18th street ar colorado city, on the st side. News 5s bill folsom onscene at both fires today. He joins ulive from the 18th street locatn er refighrs continue working. And billhowid fire ews manage botsituations theyctuall pulled some crews from the first fir ....
Moslty clear skies tonig with ws in the 20s most areas. Fridill be warm with h in the 50s and 60s with a mix of cudand sun one of the strucre fires t week icolorado sprin vidly shows incrsed fire risk in oldepartof town. Re cwsad to go into whats called densive de during the firefight on 18th street near old colorado city. In our continuing coverage bill folsnvesting whayou because of mulitple building modifications and fast min unpredictable ames. Fefight ers hato pl ba from the 18th streefire f saf is cpen anywre, but its me likely where theres lot of old buildings. Flames still high hos into the firefight h street. Fighters go defense. Dumpi water froa safe peter. It had a common attic, but two different ofs some different crevices and what have you that just made it really difficult for e Fire Fighters get. Once separate rrak te buildingovedere cades back from fort carson. A structure from prevous fire de. Anxale of high fire r ....
Planners completed ju a f wks ago, erncy plnersomet disaerrill bas oa blizzardcenario. E offi oemgency management irey to actat thr coanstf e nditnsarra it. Well he more from them in our next report at 6 00. Andy koenews 5. Li look nofromur news ios in pueo. It looks like the steel city wont be spared from this stor either,. Ntinuing our team corage news fives lena hownd joins us live from our puebludio wi look at how city crews thcity pubc wos dertnt says theyre tracki the most snopueblo h seen in yes but en with todays gorgeous 50 degree weather thiss a storthre alrey sy prepari f. Crews spent the afternoo putting ades on the snow plows, fillg up on the sandsalt mixture and preparg the magnesiuchride. The city will ve crewsn standby all weekend long keeping a close eye on the nditions. They say theyll spend tomorrow afternoon lang outhe maesium chloride on ty bridges bore e storm tually hits. Today theyrelso preparing scheles of their cre work in 12 hour shifts in case. I weve defini ....
Trieto make their way to a from work. It was the kind ay wheresietting across to. Was a che. A day whertracti was more vaab than ste. And a day where even dri up nehborholsere unting. Thslide offs and fender benders were numerous enough that localice agencies went into cold reporting status just to help get more pele off the ro drers we spoke with tell us itot the kind ofeather f the faint of hrt. Pretty miserable around here so far. Ve bn t on this road for abt 2 hours now. The main issue is just make sureou keep ur disfrom ople b if noin like thien. U ner the ices d at prey slic t snoaccuted on the ro and while plowre continue to try and keep pace with wt retty slick. Moth nature dishes out. Some times theimplt advi. Says it best. If you dont have to be t, en donto out reporting live, andy koen ne 5. Heres another reminder of h dangerous throads e in these conditions tsf brake ghts here southbound5 afternoon,. Aft a18wheer cknifed because of the snow packed and icy conditions. The wr ....
In fact,he slide os and fender benders were so numous at lal police agenciesent into cold repting status just to help get more people off the road. Nat sound snow plow leavingas station and whilplow crews continue to y and keep pace with what mo nature dish out. T main issue is just make sure you keeyour distance from ople because if not things likehis ppen. You never know where the ice is bad at. Some tes theplest adce ys it best. If you dont haveo go out, dont. Nat sound spinning tires. Member youan always get up to theinute weather and traffic informatn on our website. Aa. Comeporting live, andy koen news 5. This afternoonsnow wreaked hac on city bus utes in Colorado Springs. Most busese running late all afternoon,. And mountain metr tells us seven buses gottuckust a 90mine the snowtaed pilg up miafteoon. Atsartlwhmouninro decideto susnd servi at 5 15 tonht,. 4anda hal hourearlr than normal wonderinw to get home. We understan ....