{"id":47738,"date":"2018-03-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/26\/live-fire-training-ignited-blaze-at-fort-carson-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:31:10","slug":"live-fire-training-ignited-blaze-at-fort-carson-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/26\/live-fire-training-ignited-blaze-at-fort-carson-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Live-fire training ignited blaze at Fort Carson, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live-fire training started the fire on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/18\/colorado-residents-head-home-after-fire-ignites-on-fort-carson\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Carson<\/a> that burned about 400 acres on post and about 2,900 acres off post, according to post officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blaze ignited March 16 at the Colorado post while infantry and helicopter units were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/20\/army-mum-on-whether-live-rounds-were-in-use-when-fire-began-at-fort-carson\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">training<\/a> for an upcoming deployment, officials said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/17\/wildfire-spreads-from-colorado-army-post-destroys-buildings\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Midway Fire<\/a> spread to private property and destroyed three houses, forcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/18\/colorado-residents-head-home-after-fire-ignites-on-fort-carson\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">evacuation<\/a> of about 250 homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the conditions, training continued because the soldiers were preparing to deploy overseas, officials said. The fire was extinguished by March 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Carson uses precautionary measures to mitigate the risk of fires on ranges and training areas, including communicating the fire level throughout the post\u2019s emergency services, command, support and training units, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire department personnel are pre-staged during increased fire-danger periods, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/17\/wildfire-spreads-from-colorado-army-post-destroys-buildings\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Wildfire spreads from Colorado Army post, destroys buildings<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A wildfire that started on a southern Colorado Army post amid dry, windy weather jumped the post boundary on Friday, destroyed an unknown number of structures and forced the evacuation of at least 250 homes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur firefighters work year-round on mitigation efforts in our training areas,\u201d Maj. Gen. Randy George, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division, said in the release. \u201cWe have a lot of fire prevention measures that are constantly in place, and we alter our training when the fire risk is elevated. We were mitigating risk and altering training before the fire and will continue to do so as a result of the fire and what we have learned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make a claim for personal injury, damage to or loss of property, contact the Fort Carson Claims Office at 719-526-1342.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/05\/fort-carson-focuses-on-recovery-after-fire-forced-evacuations\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">fire<\/a> broke out earlier in March, burning approximately 270 acres near Gate 5 and the Navajo Village housing area. 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Of those, 26 days were identified as extreme fire danger days, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fire started when infantry and helicopter units were training for 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