{"id":70428,"date":"2018-03-24T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/24\/what-caused-the-fire-at-fort-carson\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:58:47","slug":"what-caused-the-fire-at-fort-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/24\/what-caused-the-fire-at-fort-carson\/","title":{"rendered":"What caused the fire at Fort Carson?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOUNTAIN, Colo. \u2014 The last remnant of a wildfire that started on Fort Carson during a training exercise has been extinguished, but the <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=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army still hasn\u2019t said whether soldiers were using live ammunition<\/a> during the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was waiting on laboratory analysis of debris from tires that ignited during the wildfire to see if it needed to be taken to a hazardous waste dump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire started March 16 in dry, windy weather and spread from Fort Carson to private land. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/17\/wildfire-spreads-from-colorado-army-post-destroys-buildings\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Three homes were destroyed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18075772228839.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An El Paso County sheriff&#8217;s car sits on the side of the road as firefighters, law enforcement and other service members help to battle a wildfire, named the Carson Midway wildfire, in Hanover, Colo., Friday March 16, 2018. 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