5,568-Acre Fire Near Limon Contained After Multi-Agency Response; Limon Fire District Seeks Volunteers

Description: A 5,568-acre fire near Limon, Colorado, has been contained following a coordinated response from fire departments across eastern Colorado. The Limon Fire Area Protection District thanks the community and is now recruiting volunteers to serve. Read the Full Press Release from the Limon Area Fire Protection District...

5,568-Acre Wildfire Near Limon Fully Contained After Multi-Day Response

After a long few days, starting out on Tuesday, February 17th, the fire and smoke reports have finally ceased. At over 5568 acres, the community witnessed it’s first large fire for the year. With strong coordination of fire departments from Denver to Flagler, the fire was eventually stopped. 

Thank you to the community for being good neighbors and helping one another. Thank you to all of the volunteers who worked so diligently to ensure everyone was safe The thank-you’s are never ending as a smoke clears after a long week. 

We are recruiting for volunteers! If this is a way to serve the community that you might be interested in, please call 719-723-0914 or email chief@limonfire.org. As we act as one community helping each other, let us look for ways to be of help!

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