Summit Fire News Today

A wildfire burning on 164 acres of land in the Interlaken Historic District near Twin Lakes -- a popular hiking and camping destination -- prompted multiple evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Tuesday.

Thursday, June 13, 9:30 a.m.: The Interlaken Fire that has so far burned hundreds of acres near a historic landmark at Twin Lakes was caused by a campfire that was not properly extinguished, according to the...

The Interlaken fire burning near Twin Lakes Reservoir south of Leadville grew to 443 acres on Wednesday with no containment, the U.S. Forest Service said in a news release.

Crews in Lake County are working to battle a fire at the Interlaken Historic District, near Twin Lakes.

Summit County resident Laura Koepke had an idea she had been sitting on for a little while that she told a close friend about while on a phone call one day. Koepke said she wanted...

The president of the Summit Fire & EMS Board of Directors has stepped down. Lori Miller, who served for 10 years on the board of directors, resigned at the board’s Tuesday, May 21, meeting, according...

Summit Fire & EMS has placed a staff member on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation into an interaction with another motorist, according to a statement from the fire protection district. Deputy...

Frisco Clerk Stacey Nell swore in a new mayor and Town Council members Tuesday, April 23, as the outgoing mayor remarked on his decade of service to the town. Outgoing Mayor Hunter Mortensen recalled reckoning...

Firefighters lit the hillside above the Summit County Public Shooting Range ablaze Wednesday, April 24, in a type of controlled burn operation not conducted in the county in decades. More than one wildfire has sparked...

Summit Fire & EMS crews responded to a semitrailer fire on westbound Interstate 70 on the afternoon of Friday, April 12, according to a Facebook post by the agency. The post detailed that the truck...