High Park Fire Out of Control

A small blaze started, Saturday morning, northwest of Ft. Collins with smoke easily visible in Denver.

As of 18:30 Sunday, it has already burned 14,000 acres and eighteen structures causing the evacuations of more than 2,000 houses, in that section of Colorado

250 firefighters, two air tankers, and four helicopters, including two National Guard Black Hawks are being used against the flames.

At this point containment is not even possible as dry, hot weather is combining with winds to spread it in every direction at once.

Firefighters are working through rough terrain to reach the fire, which is in dead timber and grasses.

Focus is currently on trying to evacuating people and trying to protect structures, especially communication towers on top of Buckhorn Mountain.

If the towers are lost, fire efforts would only be able to communicate through line of sight gear, making the fight all the more difficult.

On Monday, it will be designated a Type One fire, allowing for national resources to be brought in.

Investigators hope to begin work on determining the cause of the fire over Monday, as well.