Fire crews contained the night, and the evacuation orders for the area have been lifted.
The Wild Turkey fire started around 5:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Wild Turkey Trail before growing to about 3 acres. Crews got the blaze 100% contained around 10:30 p.m., according to a . The fire sparked on an , and shortly after Monday’s .
Crews are still on scene and will be monitoring the fire throughout Tuesday until the fire is called out, according to Four Mile Fire Protection District Fire Chief Caroline Wockner.
All evacuation orders were lifted and the all clear was given at 10:28 p.m., according to Boulder County’s alert system, .
As of about 10 p.m., the ground was littered with small, burning patches, as seen in a video the .
No structures had been lost as of about 8 p.m., according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Carrie Haverfield.
About 662 people and 449 structures were under evacuation orders and evacuation warnings early in the response to the fire, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Vinnie Montez. The evacuation warning was lifted around 9:45 p.m. Monday.
In total, 14 agencies responded to the fire scene, Wockner said.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the cause of the fire.
The evening fire came only three days after a windstorm brought .
Monday night’s blaze was not the first wildfire the area has seen. In burned 6,181 acres and destroyed 169 homes, according to the . That fire prompted an evacuation of 3,000 homes.
On Monday, the high in nearby Sugarloaf was 66 degrees, according to the Daily Camera’s weather records.
Though unusually warm for mid-December, that warmth was shy of the 73-degree weather the area saw on Sept. 6, 2010, when the Fourmile Canyon fire started, according to historical weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The 2010 fire started three days after a volunteer firefighter put out a fire in a burn pit, when a wind gust rekindled dormant embers.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
