Fire crews in Boulder County extinguished the small, multi-acre Lake Shore fire on Thursday , but another large wildfire sparked in western Colorado — near Nucla — just hours later.
A CL 415 Scooper, top, drops water on the Quarry fire as a Firehawk helicopter maneuvers for a water drop in Jefferson County on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. As Colorado wildfires burn themselves out, others replace them.
While the fire did not grow overnight Wednesday, hot and dry conditions Thursday revived the fire’s growth, helping it grow from 341 acres Wednesday night to 450 acres Thursday evening, Deer Creek Canyon Park, South Valley Park, Hildebrand Ranch Park and Reynolds Park are closed until further notice because of firefighting operations, county open space officials said.The wildfire was discovered by a sheriff’s deputy around 9 p.m. Tuesday and charred hundreds of acres in less than an hour as it rapidly grew.
Larimer County officials were able to enter several neighborhoods Thursday and confirmed at least two dozen structures — a combination of homes and outbuildings — in the Palisade Mountain Drive and Snow Top Drive areas were damaged or destroyed by the fire. A home off Stone Canyon Road appears almost entirely burned down by the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Colorado wildfires burn 30 buildings as state ramps up investigation into origins
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