video of helo working Indain Gulch Fire from the Denver Post:
Fire season in the Rockies may have gotten off to an early start with the Indian Gluch Fire being one. Another one burned 12,000 acres near Karval, CO is 100 percent contained according to the Denver Post. Still another fire, this one in Douglas County, CO is 95 percent contained, see this Denver Post Article.
As always, I can't say how long the Denver Post articles (and the embedded video) will be freely available.
There are also wildfires burning in other areas of the country, for example the southwest and the south. For more information on these and other fires, see the wildland fire hotlist forums.
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