Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were going door-to-door Monday afternoon to let about 30 households in West Routt County know they should be prepared to flee a rapidly growing wildfire.
The Deep Creek Fire, initially referred to at the Steer Park Fire, grew from 2 acres to 419 acres in only a few hours Monday near the Wolf Mountain Ranch between Milner and Hayden.
The blaze — which officials said might have resulted from a reignition of a wildfire started last week by a suspected lightning strike — was discovered about noon.
Deputies gave pre-evacuation notices to residents who were within a 5-mile radius of the fire along Routt County Road 52.
At 6 p.m. the fire was burning less than a mile from structures at Wolf Mountain Ranch.
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