Colorado Keeping an Eye on 3 Fires

Efforts continue to put out two fires burning in Southwest Colorado. Sixty homes are being evacuated, between the two fires, that are both burning north of Durango.

The Vallecito fire is around two hundred fifty acres, and in inaccessible terrain, for ground based firefighters. High winds have kept air crews from having much luck either. It has forced the evacuation of twenty homes at the Vallecito Reservoir.

Near Mancos, the Little East Fire is threatening forty homes, as it grows to over a hundred acres. Firefighters are hoping winds die down, in both areas, to allow air power to attack the blazes.

Meanwhile, in Rocky Mountain National Park the Fern Lake Fire continues to burn. Now over six hundred acres, firefighters are keeping an eye on it, but for now letting it have it's way. A fire line has been placed, just in case it moves in a direction they don't like. The decision to let it burn was made due to the terrain which is too dangerous for firefighters to enter.