About 290 homes evacuated by fire in Colorado mountains
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. – The residents
of about 290 homes have been forced to evacuate by a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains.
The evacuations were ordered Monday evening near Silverthorne shortly after the fire was reported on U.S. Forest Service land. The fire was burning on between 30 and 40 acres as of Monday night. No homes have been lost.
Air tankers and a helicopter were used to try to slow the fire’s growth and prevent it from moving downhill toward residential areas because it was considered too dangerous to send in firefighters on the ground, the Summit Daily News reported.
Ground crews and aircraft planned to work to contain the fire on Tuesday.