Aspen Acres Fire
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United Way of Southern Colorado calls for donations, anticipates long recovery from Aspen Acres fire
As firefighters battle the Aspen Acres fire, the United Way of Southern Colorado is helping those displaced by the blaze. “This is going to take months and months to recover from,” said Shanna Farmer, president and CEO of the nonprofit, who noted the full scope of the disaster is unknown. The United Way of Southern…
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Aspen Acres fire grows to 10th-largest in Colorado history; incident team from Alaska takes charge
The Aspen Acres fire plume towered over Custer and Pueblo counties on Thursday as the blaze continued to grow in size in extremely hot, dry and windy weather. “I’ve been a firefighter for 40 years and I’ve never seen conditions like we’re seeing,” Mike Morgan, director of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control,…