One person has been killed in a wildfire burning in the Colorado foothills as several blazes are torching large areas around the western United States
This image provided by the USDA Forest Service shows the Alexander Mountain Fire near Loveland, Colo., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. One person has been killed in a wildfire burning in the Colorado foothills, authorities said Wednesday, as almost 100 large blazes burned across the western U.S.
The Stone Canyon Fire was listed as zero percent contained on a federal wildfire report Wednesday that said 150 personnel were battling the blaze. An airplane was dropping fire retardant and four helicopters were dropping water from a nearby reservoir on that fire, trying to keep it from spreading. The fire was burning in open land in steep terrain, making it hard to fight the flames on the ground, Mark Techmeyer, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.
Across the U.S. almost 28,000 firefighters were battling 95 large fires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Some progress against the fire was made after a bout of cooler temperatures, more humidity and calmer winds in the last few days.
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