Fire - The Journal

Fourth of July celebration will return to Cortez

Fireworks are back after last year’s pandemic cancellation

DATE: Jul 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff’s Office identifies man who died in mobile home fire; blaze was human-caused

Firefighters arrived to find structure engulfed in flames

DATE: Jun 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officials aware of 31 fires in southwest La Plata County

Nineteen of those blazes are controlled or extinguished

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fires break out in southwestern La Plata County

Smoke visible from Highway 140

DATE: Jun 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan College opens fire tower for training

Structure will be used by students and area firefighters

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man arrested on suspicion of starting multiple fires, including seven Tuesday night

‘I hope they finally caught this guy and it stops,’ says fire chief

DATE: Jun 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hazy skies in Four Corners caused by out-of-state fires

Smoke drifting in from wildfires in Arizona, Utah

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County man dies in mobile home fire

Cause of blaze is under investigation

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Before a prescribed burn comes a ton of planning

Layers of analysis and years of study precede ignition

DATE: Jun 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire crews respond to house fire north of Cortez

Resident douses fire with garden hose

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ice Lakes Trail near Silverton closed for summer

Popular route faces impacts from 2020 fire

DATE: May 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmington fire chief retiring

David Burke served in department for 24 years

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico