Colorado, Larimer County evacuation
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6 dead, including a high school student
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Fire officials anticipate the blaze to continue moving south. The weather looks somewhat favorable for suppression efforts, including possible rain, officials said.
Westbound lanes of I-70 were closed for nearly an hour near Georgetown in Colorado's mountains due to a truck fire early Friday morning.
Fire crews were dispatched to a dairy farm in Weld County on Wednesday evening for a "confined space rescue," the Southeast Weld Fire District said.
Evacuees from the Pickett Fire burning near Calistoga can shelter overnight at Crosswalk Community Church in Napa, authorities said Thursday night.
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Lee Fire in northwestern Colorado surpasses 100,000 acres as fire crews get some containment
The largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations. Fire crews have made some gains in containing the fire, however, going from 0% to 6% containment.
Six people were found dead Wednesday night following an accident at a dairy farm in north Colorado. Firefighters were dispatched to the farm near Keenesburg, a rural community about 40 miles northeast of Denver,