A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes.
A wildfire on the edge of metro Denver crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes, but authorities said Thursday they were hopeful that hundreds of threatened residences could be saved as they grapple with sweltering temperatures and firefighters suffering heat exhaustion.
Jim and Meg Lutes watched from an overlook near their house northeast of the fire as smoke plumed up from the ridges. Their community west of Littleton was not yet under evacuation orders, but the couple had been ready to start packing a day earlier when flames could be seen blanketing the mountains.
The primary goal of fire crews was to keep flames from crossing over a road on its north end where there are densely packed neighborhoods. California's arson-caused Park Fire northeast of Chico continued to grow, covering about 610 square miles as of Thursday morning. That's more than 25 times the size of New York's Manhattan Island.
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