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Boulder County Gets $1.3M Grant To Rehab Fourmile Fire Area
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Boulder County has received a $1.3 million federal grant to help restore areas burned by the Fourmile Fire in September that destroyed 169 homes. The grant from the U.S....
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Boulder Helping Fourmile Fire Victims
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- It is the most destructive fire in Colorado’s history. Four months after the Fourmile Fire, some homeowners are still displaced and need help. The Boulder community is stepping...
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Boulder Fire Recovery Mired In Property Tangle
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Two-thirds of the land burned by the Fourmile Fire is privately owned, and the majority of those parcels are long, narrow strips strewn over the landscape, crashing into each...
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Fourmile Canyon Residents At Risk For Flooding
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder officials are warning residents to prepare for flooding this spring in case heavy rain falls over the area burned by the Fourmile Canyon fire. The Daily Camera reported...
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Fourmile Burn Area Gets Much-Needed Help
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Fourmile burn area in Boulder County is getting some much needed help. On Saturday about 100 people working with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado helped restore the...
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Flooding Concerns In Fourmile Area Prompt Emergency Declaration
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The threat of flooding in the Fourmile Fire Area has prompted Gov. John Hickenlooper to issue an emergency disaster declaration for that area. The fire destroyed 169 homes and...
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Mulching Project Continues On Fourmile Fire Burn Area
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – An extra half ton of straw has been ordered to cover mountainsides burned in a wildfire that destroyed 169 homes and scorched about 9 square miles west of Boulder. Helicopters...
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Boulder County Braces For Flooding After Fire
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Boulder County is bracing for increased flood danger west of Boulder where hillsides have been stripped bare of vegetation by September’s wildfire. The Boulder Daily Camera...
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Work Under Way To Prevent Flooding In Fourmile Burn Area
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Work is now under way to prevent even more damage from the Fourmile fire. It was the most destructive in state history. The fire destroyed 169 homes and burned more than...
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Some Fire Bans Lifted, Fourmile Cleanup Deadline Looms
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Recent wet weather means more fire bans were lifted across Colorado. The city of Golden, Larimer County and the Arapahoe and Roosevelt national forests all canceled their...
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Flood Watch Issued For Boulder Burn Area
DENVER (CBS4/AP) – A storm bringing rain and snow to Colorado could trigger mudslides in the area hit by of one of the state’s worst wildfires. The National Weather Service says Wednesday’s storm is...
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Snow Might Have Saved Homes In Fourmile Burn Area
GOLD HILL, Colo. (CBS4) – Homeowners in the foothills west of Denver are breathing a sigh of relief. The snow that started falling Thursday above the Fourmile Fire burn area was possibly a...
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Flood Watch Issued For Northern Colorado Foothills
DENVER (CBS4/AP) – The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch in the northern Colorado foothills because of the prediction for heavy rain and the recent wildfires. A series of systems will...
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Crews Clear Debris From Storm Drains To Prevent Flooding
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)- Crews in Fort Collins were working for hours Wednesday to make sure all the rain had a place to go. The amount of rain forecast for Fort Collins and Larimer County has some...
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Storm Brings Flooding Concerns To Fourmile Burn Area
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The areas that could see the most rain over the next few days are those that are the most worried about flooding — specifically the Fourmile Fire burn area. The Fourmile...
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No Flooding So Far, But More Rain To Fall In Fourmile Burn Area
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Office of Emergency Management in Boulder County says the Fourmile Fire burn area is expected to get an inch and a half of rain on Thursday. So far, there’s been no major...
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Some Homeowners May Not Have Flood, Fire Insurance Coverage
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- The risk of fires and flooding across Colorado could put some homeowners at risk. There are certain homes that may not have enough insurance if disaster strikes. Many...
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Insurance Surprises Emerge Following Fourmile Destruction
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – “Here’s a chop saw,” said Jack Thompson as he sifted through a pile of melted metal. Much of it looked like puddles. Some had tire imprints. For some reason, the metal that...
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Fourmile Canyon Closed Because Of Debris 6 Feet Deep
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Strong storms and heavy rain washed debris into the Fourmile Canyon area where the Fourmile fire burned 6,000 acres last fall. The canyon was closed between 5900 and 8000...
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Debris Flows Close Roads In Fourmile Canyon
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Debris flows from heavy rain have forced officials to close several roads in the Fourmile Canyon burn area. The road closures include Gold Run at Dixon, Fourmile between...
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Sediment Fills Fast-Running Boulder Creek
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder officials are reminding residents and visitors to be cautious in the wake of Wednesday night’s strong storms and the potential for more. The water levels on Boulder...
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Fourmile Fire Burn Area Still A Mess After Storms
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The weekend doesn’t mean work is over for some homeowners in Boulder County. They will be hard at work shoveling mud off their property. Heavy rains on Wednesday swept mud down...
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Rebuilding Is Slow 1 Year After Fourmile Fire
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – One year ago the Fourmile fire began in Boulder County. That fire on Labor Day weekend eventually burned 169 homes and more than 6,000 acres. Firefighters say conditions this...
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Man Recalls Trying To Save His Ranch From The Fourmile Fire
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Fourmile fire in Boulder County erupted on Labor Day last year. It burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 169 homes. Firefighters say conditions right now are...
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Residents Of Sunshine Canyon Gather To Remember The Fourmile Fire
GOLD HILL, Colo. (CBS4) – A year ago Monday firefighters were waging a frantic battle in Boulder County against the Fourmile fire. Investigators believe it started in a fire pit where a resident was...
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Fourmile Fire Marked With New Exhibit At CU
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Museum Of Natural History at the University of Colorado Boulder has marked the first anniversary of the Fourmile fire with a new exhibit. “Burning Issues: The Fourmile...
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Study: Tree Thinning Didn’t Slow Fourmile Fire
DENVER (AP) – A study of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s recorded history concludes that advance work to create fire breaks had little impact on the behavior of the blaze, although it did...
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Conifer Couple Takes Action After Lower North Fork Fire Close Call
CONIFER, Colo. (CBS4) – A close call with a deadly wildfire was a big wake-up call for a couple from Conifer. Although Mike and Julie Rasmussen could see scars from the Hayman Fire out their window, it...
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Some Homeowners Rebuild Quickly After A Wildfire
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- Rebuilding after a wildfire is an extremely difficult process. In the 18 months after the Fourmile Fire, only a fraction of the families have returned. This week CBS4 visited a...
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As High Park Fire Grows, So Does Place Place In Colorado History
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- As the High Park Fire grows so does its place in history. The deadliest fire in recent Colorado history was the Storm King Mountain Fire. In 1994, 14 fire jumpers died...
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Wildfires: Contained But Not Out
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Another fire is burning in Boulder County and as much as it might look like firefighters have a good handle on it, it’s far from out. The Maxwell fire is rated at only...
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Homes Can Catch Fire Inside
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- The numbers of homes have been difficult to count. The wreckage so severe from the Waldo Canyon Fire, it’s easy to confuse the piles of rubble. The fires that have...
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Final Report Released On Fourmile Fire
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The final report on one of the most destructive wildfires ever in Colorado shows homeowners can have a big impact on if their home will survive. The Fourmile Fire burned 168...
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Phish’s Summer Tour Will Wrap Up With 3 Nights In Colorado
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – The popular jam band Phish announced Wednesday that they will be returning for a third year to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park to play three shows on Labor Day weekend. The...
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Boulder Man Opens Up ‘Waiter Wallet’ Product
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two and a half years ago, a Hollywood-based actor and producer channeled his years spent waiting tables to develop the Waiter Wallet, an organizational product for servers. The...
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Heavy Rains Cause Flash Flooding In Boulder
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Heavy rains over a short period of time have flooded some streets in Boulder. The Boulder Daily Camera reports that more than an inch of rain over a 30-minute stretch Friday...
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How Long Will It Take Fourmile Fire Area To Recover?
BOULDER (CBS4) – Pan the camera left and right and what you see is a landscape with the color setting turned off. It’s black and grey. Green is gone. People in the Fourmile Fire area had better get...
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Good Question: How Do Experts Investigate Wildfires?
SEDALIA (CBS4) – A fire the other day near Sedalia tore across 13 acres — not big, but big enough to bring in dozens of firefighters quickly as it started to climb into the trees, driven by wind. “It...
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