Dispatches

The High Park Fire is now at 49,763 acres with 10 percent containment, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department. More than 1,300 firefighting personnel are now working the fire. The sheriff’s office has been […]

By the end of Wednesday, the High Park Fire had burned an estimated 46,820 acres of primarily private land and remains only 10 percent contained. The western edge of the fire has entered an area […]

Larimer County will open the High Park Fire Disaster Recovery Center on June 15 at 7 a.m. at Johnson Hall on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. The DRC, a partnership between Larimer […]

On Wednesday morning, High Park Fire incident command reported that while the number of personnel fighting the blaze has grown to 1,000, with 37 engines and assorted helicopters and tanker planes, the area consumed is […]

The Larimer Humane Society has now taken in more than 250 animals evacuated from the High Park Fire, more than 10 times the number it’s received in any other evacuation, according to spokeswoman Stephanie Ashley. […]

More firefighting resources meant more progress against the High Park Fire on Tuesday. At 9 p.m., it was reported burning on 43,372 acres with 10 percent containment, compared to 5 percent containment earlier in the […]

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, the High Park Fire was holding steady at 43,433 acres burned with 5 percent containment. Fire managers reported the western flank of the fire is active and continues to be an […]

Evacuation orders have been issued for the entire Pingree Park Road area, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. This includes Hourglass and Comanche Reservoirs, east on Buckhorn Road up to and including Pennock Pass, […]