I've been keeping a wary eye on the fires in Colorado, including one north of me, one south, and one way too close for comfort: the Flagstaff fire. This one crept over the foothills just southwest of Boulder and was pretty threatening there for a day or so, but it looks to be under much better control now, and firefighters think they'll have it fully contained very soon. It was started by lightning, which is ironic since a few rain showers helped keep the fire under control as well. Boulderite Dustin Henderlong took some amazing time lapse footage of the fire showing how much smoke was pouring out. The shots at night are, well, lovely, as much as I hate to say it.
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The footage runs from 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday June 26 to 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. We've had some "spot" fires caused by more ...
