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NEDERLAND, Colo. — Three homes have been lost in the Cold Springs Fire, including one of a Nederland firefighter. Charlie Schmidtmann has been a firefighter with the Nederland Fire Department for 17 years. His wife, Bretlyn, is a volunteer paramedic at the fire department and an emergency room nurse at Boulder Community Hospital. They are known […]

NEDERLAND, Colo. — The small town of Nederland is doing big things to help find a dog who went missing during last week’s wildfire. Now that the Cold Springs Fire is out, Nederland is trying to get back to normal. It’s not easy to do that, though, while one of their own is still missing. […]

BOULDER, Colo. — The Boulder Peak Triathlon was canceled Saturday because of the Cold Springs Fire, the Boulder Peak Triathlon Team said. The event, which was scheduled for Sunday, had to be canceled because all police, fire and EMS resources are being mobilized and reallocated across Nederland and Cold Springs in support of the wildfire, […]

BOULDER, Colo. — One of the campers accused of starting the Cold Springs Fire told investigators “It had to been us” because they were the only ones in the area where the blaze likely began, according to an arrest affidavit. The fire has grown to more than 600 acres, and destroyed five houses and four […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — More people who were forced to evacuate by the Cold Springs Fire were being allowed to permanently return home Wednesday. For days, evacuees of the fire have been out of their homes as ferocious flames threatened to change their lives as they know it. The fire started Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, hundreds of people who live in the Sugarloaf and […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — The Cold Springs Fire near Nederland was 80 percent contained Wednesday night and the Boulder County sheriff hopes everyone can go back home by Thursday night. Sheriff Joe Pelle says they're aiming to get all roads open and all residents back to their homes by 8 p.m. Thursday #coldspringsfire — BoulderCountySheriff […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A damage assessment team found three additional homes were lost in the Cold Springs Fire in Boulder County on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total number of homes destroyed to eight. Officials also revised the number of acres burned down to 566 from more than 600. They also said 486 personnel were […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Two more homes have been destroyed in the Cold Springs Fire near Nederland, bringing the total to five, officials said Monday. “To have this intense of a fire move that fast and to just lose five structures is pretty remarkable so people have a lot to be thankful for,” Boulder County […]

DENVER — At least five fires were still burning across Colorado on Thursday morning, with one of them expected to be fully contained by Thursday night. Cold Springs Fire The Cold Springs Fire near Nederland in Boulder County was 80 percent contained Thursday with full containment expected later in the day. The remaining evacuees, a little […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Officials say nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated as the Cold Springs Fire continues to burn near Nederland. The fire expanded to 606 acres overnight and is zero percent contained as of 8 a.m. Monday. It’s burning in the area of Peak to Peak Highway and Sugarloaf Road. On Sunday, the Boulder County Sheriff’s […]

NEDERLAND, Colo. — It has been two weeks since the Cold Springs Fire in Nederland. Life is slowly returning to normal, but for one family, their St. Bernard is still missing. “I just thought everybody could help a little bit,” Tessa Ruff said Saturday. Ruff and her friend Nicole joined about 100 people for a […]

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Three major wildfires continued to burn in Colorado on Tuesday. Fire crews were battling fires from the northern part of the state, in Boulder County and to the south in Fremont County. Hot temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions in the state have not helped getting the fires under control. The […]