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Lightning-sparked wildfire in Colorado quickly grows in dangerous terrain, closing highway

By By Spencer McKee,

2024-08-21

A new wildfire sparked in Colorado on Tuesday afternoon, quickly closing a stretch of US Highway 6 west of Golden including Clear Creek Canyon.

The blaze, dubbed the Goltra Fire, was started by a lightning strike and has since burned about 198 acres as of Wednesday morning.

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, wind has been a significant factor in fire suppression efforts thus far, with the fire also said to be burning in challenging vertical terrain that's filled with loose rocks and rattlesnakes.

Air support is planned for Wednesday.

At last report, there were no structures threatened and no injuries reported.

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Stevens

08-22

We had some HUGE BOOMERS today! Not a drop of rain!!

Stevens

08-22

OOOH! That's right close to my folks!!! 😳😳😬

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