Waldo Canyon Fire News

More Sand Bags Going Out To Limit Fire Flooding

Hundreds of homeowners living near the Waldo Canyon burn area in Colorado Springs are gearing up for more flooding this spring. Officials say the risk of flooding has increased nearly four-fold as a result of environmental damage to the burn …

Report Praises Response To Deadly Colorado Wildfire

A review of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history released Wednesday found much to praise and few problems in the way Colorado Springs agencies responded. Investigators say the June 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire on the northwest side of Colorado …

Colorado Wildfire Safeguards, Concerns with Alert System

New safeguards to prevent state-set fires from going out of control have won unanimous approval in the state Senate, and a new report is noting “serious concerns” with two mass calling systems that were used to send evacuation notices to …

Fire Codes Getting Tougher After Damaging Colorado Blaze

Fire codes could be getting stricter in the Colorado Springs neighborhood devastated by last summer’s Waldo Canyon Fire. The Gazette reported that Colorado Springs’ city council has given preliminary approval to fire code changes to make homes more fire resistant …

Taking Account of Colorado’s Wildfires

As adjusters and homeowners have increasing access to fire damaged areas at the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado just how large a figure will result from what are likely to go down as the state’s two most destructive wildfires is …

Colorado’s Historic Wildfire Season Could Cost ‘Hundreds of Millions’

Insured losses from two wildfires in what’s shaping up to be a historic wildfire season for Colorado may be into the “hundreds of millions of dollars,” an insurance industry association executive said on Monday. The Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado …