An early-morning fire burned through downtown Douglas, fully-engulfing a department store and damaging other buildings, authorities said. The fire started at about 2 a.m. in a store called Mejor ...

Interview with Douglas County Fire Department chief about overturned semi-truck carrying ammonium nitrate and blasting caps that resulted in an evacuation on Friday morning. Musk is done with ...

While it’s still early, Douglas County officials believe a fire at an apartment complex was caused by a lightning strike. Around 10 a.m. on Sunday, Douglas County firefighters were dispatched to ...

A fire that burned for more than a week at a Chesapeake Energy oil site near Douglas has been extinguished, a company spokesman said Wednesday. A Chesapeake team and crews from the oilfield ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — One person has been displaced after a fire started in a home early Wednesday morning in Douglas County. Crews with South Metro Fire Rescue and the Douglas County Sheriff ...

A wildfire burning on more than 100 acres of land in Douglas County north of Woodland Park, near Sedalia, was 45% contained Sunday, according to U.S. Forest Service officials. The fire sparked at ...

A 128-acre Turkey Track fire burning in western Douglas County near the Teller County line was 45% contained as of 5:45 p.m. Sunday, according to U.S. Forest Service officials and the Douglas ...

Approximately 2,700 swimming pools in and around the Eaton fire burn zone could become breeding grounds for mosquitoes as the weather warms up. Mosquitoes can spread diseases such as West Nile ...

WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK A Douglas County Consolidated Fire District No. 1, with the help of the Kansas State Fire Marshal, determined the cause of a fire that spanned approximately 200 ...

Crews work near the scene of a grass fire in rural Douglas County in March 2025. Officials in Douglas County determined a grass fire that burned around 200 acres near Stull on Saturday was sparked ...

26, 1920, in Douglas Park. The station became operational on Feb. 2, 1915, according to the City of Rock Island website. Come 1974, the building would no longer be in use. After it could no ...