Fire in Ellicott area may have been set

April 16th, 2008

carbondale fire

Authorities were investigating a fire in the Ellicott area late Tuesday and suspect it was intentionally set, authorities said.
No one was hurt and no buildings were damaged, said El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa.
Maketa didn’t know how the size of the fire. He said an initial report indicated it stretched over a mile and was moving fast.
The blaze was brought under control late Tuesday. Firefighters from agencies in the area including Peyton and Calhan were mopping up hot spots.
Ellicott is an unincorporated community 24 miles east of Colorado Springs on Colorado Highway 94.
A wildfire near Carbondale, in the mountains about 237 miles from Colorado Springs, blackened about 1,000 acres and injured one resident.
Garfield County sheriff’s spokeswoman Tanny McGinnis said she had no information on the extent or nature of the injuries.
A school and a horse farm were evacuated. Authorities had said they were preparing to evacuate a subdivision with an unknown number of homes, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether anyone had left.
Red Cross spokeswoman B.J. Coyle said the agency had been told to prepare for up to 1,000 evacuees from the Carbondale fire.
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6 Responses to “Fire in Ellicott area may have been set”

  1. Dick Says:

    woohoo, guess that means I’m sophisticated! (takes a sip of Miller High Life…)

  2. Essie Says:

    could they not find a picture of her where she wasn’t showing off her cleavage? Or should that be a defining characteristic I should look out for?”Why are you staring at my tits?”"…sorry ma’am, I’m checking to see if you’re that missing person I saw on the internet.”

  3. Aldous Says:

    Yes, that is a relevant, coherent response.

  4. Cassian Says:

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  5. Keely Says:

    I didn’t know anyone with a Myspace page was “sophisticated.”Seriously, a lot of time these stories stay in the media because the family manages the media well. I hope her family can do the same and it results in a good outcome.