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Firefighters battling the , now 85 percent contained, have eliminated fuels close to fire lines, and crews will be mopping up, monitoring and patrolling areas Sunday.
“Aircraft operations made several reconnaissance passes over the fire throughout the burn period yesterday, and only interior smokes were noted,” fire officials said.
The in southern Colorado, east of Westcliffe, has burned 18,403 acres and has claimed nine homes and 18 other structures.
The fire began Oct. 17, when wind carried a metal outbuilding into a power line, which subsequently hit a barbed wire fence.