Active alert for Longmont area
A wind-driven wildfire southeast of Colorado Springs rapidly grew to 4,000 square acres Wednesday evening, prompting an evacuation order. The Hammer fire sparked about 4 p.m. and was burning near the unincorporated community of Hanover, roughly 7 miles southeast of Fountain. The…
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