Multiple Fires Spark in Yuma County Amid Strong Wind Event, Prompting Evacuations

Multiple fires spark in Yuma County amid strong wind event, prompting evacuations

YUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Multiple fires sparked throughout Yuma County in northeast Colorado on Wednesday amid a strong wind event and red flag warnings, with wind gusts reaching close to 60 miles per hour. According to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page, nine vegetation fires were reportedly burning across the county on Dec. 17 – fires with the potential to spread rapidly due to strong winds in the region. Due to the potential …

Multiple fires burning in Yuma County, evacuation shelters opened

Multiple fires are burning in Yuma County as of late Wednesday night. Emergency officials say they could spread rapidly due to wind.

Several fires burn in Yuma County as strong winds move across Colorado

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Multiple wildfires burning in Yuma County amid strong winds

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Strong winds threaten to spread fires burning in Yuma County

Residents are urged to evacuate immediately if a fire approaches their home.

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As 9NEWS reports this morning, although precautions taken by Xcel Energy to prevent a repeat of the devastating Marshall Fire of December of 2021 along the Front Range foothills during yesterday’s 100 mile-an-hour-plus windstorm appear to have succeeded, large windswept fires tore through rural Yuma County last night, burning tens of thousands of acres in […]