The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — A wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of more than 200 homes north of Boulder, Colo., has spread to about 200 acres.
The fire was reported Friday and has spread quickly in dry, windy conditions. It is burning about 40 miles northwest of Denver.
Wind gusts reached 60 mph earlier in the day but had eased somewhat by afternoon, to about 20 to 30 mph.
An air tanker from New Mexico is on its way, but firefighters won’t use it if it’s too windy to fight the blaze from the air.
Firefighters also have been battling a smaller wildfire fire in nearby Lyons.
The National Weather Service says the winds and dry conditions have raised the fire danger along the Interstate 25 corridor and across much of eastern Colorado.