The Cow Creek fire continued to burn timber in the remote, northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park on Monday, as firefighters worked to protect important fish and wildlife habitat, authorities said.
Crews also prepared to buffer homes and businesses in Glen Haven, about 6 miles away.
Most of the 900-acre fire is burning near Mount Dickinson. Investigators think lightning started the fire Thursday. It had grown to 1,500 acres.
The park remains open.
An investigation continued Monday into the cause of an accident Saturday involving a slurry plane assigned to the fire. The 1954 Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune crashed through a fence, sliding off the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield and coming to a rest on West 120th Avenue. The two crew members were uninjured. The Denver Post
