Evan Mann puts essentials into the car as he and his wife, Deborah, pack up their house as they evacuate from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Their house off of County Road 27 was roughly a mile from the closest portion of the fire. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Flames can be seen as a helicopter passes over the Alexander Mountain fire near homes west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)- Smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Lizzy Mann, 8, eats a popsicle while watching the Alexander Mountain fire from her grandparents house off of Glade Road west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Deborah Mann, left, and her son, Basil Mann, 6, on his small ATV, try to stay cool eating popsicles at the home of Mann鈥檚 parents while the Alexander Mountain fire continues to burn in the foothills west of their home off of Glade Road near Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Evan Mann puts essentials into the car as he and his wife, Deborah, pack up their house as they evacuate from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Their house off of County Road 27 was roughly a mile from the closest portion of the fire. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- The Alexander Mountain Fire continues burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A jet drops red slurry on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A large helicopter flies over the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter drops water on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- The plume from a new first in Lyons can be seen miles away along the foothills west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A woman walks through her property looking at the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter fills up water to drop on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Andrea Maxwell, right, with the Larimer County Sheriff鈥檚 posse, and Kayley McMurry, with the NOCO Animal Protection services talk on the radio as they head to their vehicles while keeping watchful eyes the Alexander Mountain fire burning west of Loveland on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A single engine air tanker drops retardant on the Alexander Mountain Fire that is burning in the foothills west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Helicopters fill up water to drop on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Wranglers from Sylvan Dale Ranch round up some of their 80+ horses to put them on trailers to take them to safety away from the Alexander Mountain fire burning west of Loveland on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter fills up water to drop on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter drops water on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Sheriff deputies maintain road closures along Highway 34 near the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon heading towards Estes Park as the the Alexander Mountain Fire burns west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter flies through thick smoke rising from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Sheriff's Deputy Andrea Maxwell, right, watches smoke rise from the Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Helicopters drop water on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Helicopters head towards the fire to make water drops on the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Bianca Klaer kisses her horse before loading it onto a trailer to be evacuated to avoid the nearby Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Evan Harmeyer radios to fellow wranglers as they get horses loaded into trailers to evacuate the nearby Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Two helicopter fly into position to dump water on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter dumps water on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Wrangler Angela Stanford helps lead horses from Sylvan Dale Ranch to trailers to be taken to safety away from the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter prepares to dump water on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- Nate Brown opens the window of the horse trailer as other wranglers look on as they load a trailer to evacuate horses from the nearby Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter dumps water on the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- The Alexander Mountain Fire can been seen burning in the foothills west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Suzanne Penner watches the progress of the Alexander Mountain Fire through binoculars as it burns west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Smoke from the Alexander Mountain Fire is seen above the Dam Store at the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon on Highway 34 west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
- Members of the Sheriff's Department and Fire Department talk to each other as a massive plume of smoke from the Alexander Mountain fire rises into the air west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A helicopter flies through thick smoke rising from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- David Moore, executive director at Larimer County Sheriff's Office, briefs the press as a massive plume of smoke from the Alexander Mountain fire rises into the air west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A sprinkler sprays water onto a field as a massive plume of smoke from the Alexander Mountain fire rises into the air west of Loveland, Colorado on Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A large plume of smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain fire burning west of Loveland, Colorado on july 29, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
- A large column of smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Evan Mann puts essentials into the car as he and his wife, Deborah, pack up their house as they evacuate from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Their house off of County Road 27 was roughly a mile from the closest portion of the fire. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
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By Helen H. Richardson | hrichardson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and Zachary Spindler-Krage | zspindlerkrage@denverpost.com
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The Alexander Mountain fire broke out near Loveland Monday, according to the U.S. Forest Service, and has forced mandatory and voluntary evacuations.
Read the latest from the wildfire here.
