Downed lines from Colorado windstorm spark small fires

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The Vision Hills Fire started Friday afternoon near Jerry Murphy Road and Vision Hills Parkway.

LYONS, Colo. — Fire crews around the Denver metro and Front Range were kept busy Saturday and into Sunday as a powerful

The agency first reported the Moose Fire just after 9:15 p.m. Saturday in the area of U.S. 36 and Big Meadows Road between Lyons and Estes Park near Pinewood Springs. UPDATE: Fire was caused by an electric line, that was pulled down by a fallen tree limb in the back yard. The fire burned the back side of the home & extended into the interior, causing smoke & heat damage to the area where the power feed enters the structure. No injuries.Powerlines were de-energized due to winds causing an increased risk of wildfire in Boulder, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Douglas and Broomfield counties, as well as the west Denver metro area along the foothills.

In the foothills around Evergreen, fire and rescue crews were busy checking out calls of snapped trees and power poles, and other electrical hazards. At one call in the 6600 block of Bluebell Lane, Evergreen Fire said re-energized power lines kindled a small fire that was quickly put out.

 

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