Colorado
Why two CPR News journalists are in Europe with Colorado’s National Guard
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Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Colonel and a senior advisor on the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Examine, additionally emphasised this: “It wasn’t ginned up in response to the invasion of Ukraine.”
But, this annual train has taken on added significance — to reporters like me, and readers such as you, and presumably the individuals of Estonia too — due to what’s taking place in Ukraine.
In a really broad sense, it’s associated as a result of workout routines like this have been a part of the U.S. effort to assist allies and to discourage Russia because it annexed Crimea in 2014. Many leaders on this a part of the world have been fearful about an aggressive Russia for years. In any case, like many Jap and Central European international locations, these small Baltic states had been occupied by the Soviet Union for a lot of the twentieth century.
Defender is concentrated on readiness and interoperability. As Cancian defined it — ensuring all of the completely different components of NATO can all work collectively.
“Getting 30 completely different command constructions, 30 completely different communication programs, 30 completely different units of doctrine and all working collectively takes effort — steady effort.”
And it’s additionally a possibility to see the Guard in motion overseas. Many Coloradans have seen the work of the Guard firsthand in recent times, from serving to with wildfires and floods to taking over a number of the medical response within the early days of the pandemic. However in addition they have a federal function, as a reserve element of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Within the 4 days I might be right here with CPR photographer Hart Van Denburg, we’ll get an opportunity to observe the workout routines up shut, speak with the troops concerned in them and listen to from U.S. navy figures concerning the strategic significance of this worldwide relationship.
It’s a connection international locations on this a part of Europe are more and more serious about, particularly these NATO member states that share a border with Russia, like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania do.
And Estonians have been taking a eager curiosity in what has been happening in Ukraine.
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Colorado
Colorado wildfire blamed for one death as California blaze expands
By Liya Cui and Rich McKay
(Reuters) – A fast-moving wildfire killed at least one person in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado, one of a handful of blazes burning across the state, while thousands of firefighters in California struggled to contain the largest fire in the country.
The individual killed in the Stone Canyon Fire, burning about 20 miles north of Boulder, Colorado, was found on Wednesday in one of five homes destroyed near Rocky Mountain National Park, officials said.
“We did also today discover human remains in one of the residences,” Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson told the media. “So, I can confirm for you that we do have one fatality associated with the fire.”
Johnson did not provide details on the individual’s identity.
The Stone Canyon Fire, near Lyons, a community of about 2,000, has burned more than 1,500 acres since Tuesday afternoon. It was 20% contained as of late Wednesday, the Boulder Office of Disaster Management said in a statement. About 2,000 people were evacuated from Lyons and nearby communities.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis called in the Colorado National Guard to assist with the recovery. Since Tuesday afternoon, dry conditions and high temperatures enabled the fire to spread quickly through timberland.
The Stone Canyon Fire is one of multiple fires that have ripped Colorado’s Front Range mountains this week, prompting further evacuations.
The Alexander Mountain Fire is the largest, having burned over 7,000 acres since Monday. It was 1% contained since Wednesday night, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Across the country, more than 29,000 firefighters and support personnel are fighting 93 large wildfires, encompassing more than 2 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
In California, the Park Fire has burned more than 600 square miles (1,550 square kms) as of Thursday morning, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles, state fire officials said.
It is the fifth largest fire in the state’s history and could soon become the fourth. Nearly 6,000 firefighters battled the blaze in a wilderness area in the state’s Central Valley, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Sacramento, the capital.
The fire has destroyed 437 houses and other structures and damaged 42 as of Thursday morning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, reported.
The man charged with starting the fire, allegedly by pushing a flaming car down a Butte County gully last week, was formally charged with arson on Monday, but awaits additional charges, officials said.
Over the last few days the weather had been cooler, helping firefighters, Cal Fire spokesman Jeremy Hollingshead said. But temperatures are expected to climb today and could reach 104 F this weekend.
“We had an advantage for the last couple days with cooler temperatures. But now that changed,” Hollingshead said. “It means the fuels of grass and timber are getting dryer and hotter earlier in the day. The fire will burn hotter and quicker.”
He said access over rough, wilderness terrain with few roads makes it hard for firefighters and equipment to get at the fire lines, sometimes taking two to three hours to arrive at the scene.
(Reporting by Liya Cui in New York and Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Frank McGurty and Leslie Adler)
Colorado
Infrared Imagery Shows Growth of Colorado's Quarry Fire
A multi-mission aircraft captured infrared footage of the Quarry Fire as it burned in hills just west of the greater Denver area on July 31.
The Quarry Fire broke out near the Alexander Mountain Fire and the Stone Canyon Fire.
Officials said resources were thin due to this earlier fire activity.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the fire had burned 341 acres Wednesday evening. Credit: Jefferson County Sheriff via Storyful
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Colorado Springs Airtanker Base helps keep planes in the air and in the fight against wildfires | KRDO
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Helicopters and air tankers are a crucial tool in fighting Colorado’s wildfires.
Four wildfires are currently burning in northern Colorado and aircraft have been a huge part of the fight against the fires that have already burned thousands of acres and claimed one life.
The Colorado Springs Airtanker Base has been helping keep those planes and helicopters in the air. Wednesday, crews battled the heat and were mixing retardant and fueling planes all day.
The Colorado Springs base is the largest of the four around the state and has four fueling pits. The base can also accommodate the largest aircraft, known as V-Lats or Very Large Airtankers.
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