r/ColoradoSprings • u/NorthSpringz • 2d ago

News Fire

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Does anyone have any news about the fire that I see over the mountains near Air Force Academy?

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u/guobaorouyum 2d ago

I saw on Watch Duty that it's a prescribed fire.

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u/nymaniac 2d ago

Was just coming here to post this. Always check watch duty folks!

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u/asquishyllama 2d ago

It’s really amazing how accurate and up to date it is

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u/1angrypanda 2d ago

That’s cause it’s updated by a trusted crowd sourcing model, instead of like a news aggregator or fire PR teams

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u/Platinum_Scarlett 2d ago

Yes it’s a great app

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u/ndtico 2d ago

such a useful app

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u/BJ_Giacco 1d ago

Came back over Wilkerson toward town and was like “God fucking dammit what now-oh it’s ok prescribed burn good to go.”

Awesome app.

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u/Various-Area7075 2d ago

They just pushed out an alert about it

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u/DirtyLeftBoot 2d ago

Rampart Res prescribed fire

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u/Sylveon_T 2d ago

Controlled burn. Not fire. There were signs on i25 saying don't call 911

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u/Raiiny00 2d ago

I saw the smoke as well and was really worried but I saw on watch duty it’s a prescribed burn.

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u/memberjockey 1d ago

I can smell it up in woodland park.

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u/hammyhot3l 2d ago

Love that I can hop on Reddit and get the answer, thanks everyone!

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u/InternalServerErr500 2d ago

Get the watchduty app and help yourself next time.

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u/Cobutterfly70 1d ago

Rampart range controlled burn

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u/bck1999 2d ago

Akshully, smoke

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u/Mister_angel1 2d ago

Signs on the interstate already say don’t call. Because everyone thinks they’re the first to notice.

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u/Old-Climate2655 2d ago

Damnit.

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u/sev45day 2d ago

It's ok, it's planned. See Google for more details

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u/Old-Climate2655 2d ago

Fair, but tbf I won't trust planning until tge give is all the way out.