Colorado
Aircraft helping fight wildfire in southern Colorado
DENVER (AP) — Air tankers and helicopter are serving to struggle a brand new wildfire burning in southern Colorado on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Rio Grande Nationwide Forest says the hearth, referred to as the Menkhaven Hearth and burning 18 miles west of Antonito, was reported Saturday in a small subdivision alongside the Conejos River and compelled the evacuation of underneath 100 folks north of Colorado Freeway 17.
It was estimated to have unfold to 197 acres by Saturday night and did not develop considerably in a single day.
Folks spending Memorial Day weekend at a campground close to the hearth have been informed to be ready to evacuate if the hearth spreads towards it.