A brush fire near the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon that had been fanned by gusty winds for a half-dozen hours Tuesday night blew up when the wind shifted about midnight. The blaze crossed Colorado 93 into the area near the Rocky Flats Environmental Tech Site.
Colorado 93 was closed, said Jacki Kelley of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.
About 60 firefighters from several agencies battled high winds while trying to fight the brush fire at Colorado 72 and Plainview Road, but it eluded their control.
Even stronger wind expected after midnight arrived early and pushed the fire across the highway, said Kelley.
The first calls on the fire came in about 6:30 p.m., Kelley said.
The fire had burned about 1 acre by the time the first firefighters arrived.
But the crews were confronted with darkness, gusty wind and the hillside terrain, and the fire had grown to at least 10 acres by 10 p.m., Kelley said. At that time it was about 25 percent contained, she said.
She said there had been no evacuations, but one cabin reportedly had burned.
No homes were immediately threatened, but crews were in position to provide structure protection if necessary.
