Colorado wildfire updates: Alexander Mountain fire destroys nearly 50 homes, buildings; Quarry and Bucktail fires continue to grow
Wildfires in Colorado have killed one person, damaged or destroyed more than 50 buildings and evacuated thousands of people across the Front Range.
Together, the wildfires — one of which is under an active arson investigation— have burned nearly 15,000 acres of land across the state, stretching resources thin as hot weather exacerbates burn conditions.
All four major fires currently burning — the Quarry fire in Jefferson County, the Alexander Mountain fire in Larimer County, the Stone Canyon fire in Boulder and Larimer counties and the Bucktail fire in Montrose County — began this week and grew rapidly, fueled by hot, dry weather and arid conditions on the ground.
