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Crews from Vail Fire and Emergency Services will be conducting prescribed fire operations in late March or early April as conditions allow. The prescribed fire will take place in the Katsos Ranch area of East Vail on approximately 20 acres of town of Vail land and 1 acre, pending approval, of Colorado Department of Transportation right of way. This project will involve the burning of grasses and scattered brush to improve winter range for the East Vail bighorn sheep herd. The project will addit...

On behalf of the Sandstone 70 community, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the Vail Fire Department. Awakened in the wee hours Sunday morning by a raging inferno next door, I was terrified! Within minutes the fire department arrived and the flames were rapidly extinguished. Through the firemen’s valiant efforts, the fire was contained to one unit of a four-unit building, and it did not spread to the closest building located a dozen yards away. The firemen remained the entir...

Eagle River Fire Protection District/Special to the Daily At about 1 p.m. on Thursday, Eagle River Fire Protection District crews were dispatched to a report of smoke from a structure in a large single family residence on Spring Creek Place in the Cordillera Valley Club area of Edwards. Due to the complexity of the fire’s location, it took several hours of thermal heat tracing and overhaul operations before crews were confident in calling the fire out Thursday afternoon.The property was unocc...

Philippe Hartley/Special to the Daily A man who found himself temporarily pinned under a Vail bus on Friday night was treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to town of Vail officials. Vail Police and Vail Fire responded to the incident on Vail Valley Drive near the Meadow Drive intersection, closing the roads temporarily at around 10 p.m. on Friday. Witness Philippe Hartley didn’t observe the incident that caused the man to be stuck under the bus, only the aftermath of first res...

Eagle River Fire Protection District recommends decorating your home safely for the holidays. At about 4 a.m. on Thursday, Eagle River Fire Protection District crews were dispatched to a report of smoke in a structure in a townhome on Deer Boulevard in EagleVail. Crews were able to knock it down in about 30 minutes, thanks to an offensive attack. The unit was unoccupied at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation; however, it appears the fire origina...