08/09/2026
Information regarding today’s fire incident.
📰Grass Fire Kills One, Injures Another📰
GREELEY, Colo. – On Saturday, August 8, at approximately 1:39 p.m., officers with the Greeley Police Department and crews from the Greeley Fire Department responded to reports of a large, out-of-control grass fire near the interchange of Highway 34 and Highway 85.
Upon arrival, first responders found the fire actively spreading across several acres of open land near local unhoused encampments. Fire mitigation efforts faced initial delays due to safety hazards involving live Xcel Energy power lines in the immediate area. To ensure public safety and allow emergency personnel to work, all lanes of travel along the highway interchange were shut down for several hours.
During early response efforts, emergency crews located a deceased 45-year-old woman within the burn zone. A 48-year-old man was transferred to a Denver hospital and is listed in critical condition.
An on-call Greeley Police Department Detective was called to the scene and is conducting a joint investigation with the Greeley Fire Department Arson Division to determine the cause and origin of the fire.
The name of the deceased will be released by the Weld County Coroner’s Office pending notification of next of kin.
The Greeley Police Department extends its sincere thanks to the multiple partner agencies that assisted at the scene and managed traffic control during the incident, including LaSalle Fire, Evans Fire, Evans Police Department, Garden City Police Department, Colorado Department of Transportation and the Weld County Sheriff's Office.
Anyone who has information on this case is urged to contact Detective Max Moree at [email protected]. This is an ongoing investigation. No further details will be released today.
