Fires in Colorado Start up Again

South of Elk Springs, Colorado two fires began on Friday, both were started by lightning strikes.

As of Saturday morning the Wolf Fire was around 1,200 acres and the Divide Fire was nearly 300 acres.

The fires are burning through grasslands, and being spread by winds.

Seventy-six firefighters and a helicopter are battling the blaze.

Ranchers are worried as the area that is burning is crucial grazing land for the cattle.

Conditions have been extremely dry throughout many areas in Colorado as well as the rest of the United States.

More than half the US is in the worst drought the country has seen since at least 1956.