DENVER — Firefighters in Colorado are battling a number of fires throughout the state.
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Below is a list of major wildfires burning statewide.
Updated as of 11:30 p.m. Saturday, July 21
Location: La Plata County, southwest Colorado
Acreage: 54,129
Containment: 52 percent
Location: Custer County, 5 miles west of Wetmore
Acreage: 91
Containment: 95 percent
Location: Montezuma County, southwest Colorado
Acreage: 4,593
Containment: 90 percent
Location: Jackson County, northeast of Steamboat Springs
Acreage: 45
Containment: 75 percent
Location: Eagle County, 1 mile north of Basalt
Acreage: 11,459
Containment: 32 percent
Location: Costilla and Huerfano counties, southern Colorado
Acreage: 108,045
Containment: 91 percent
Location: Southeastern Grand County
Acreage: 1,280
Containment: 35 percent
Tabeguache Fire
Location: 7 miles northeast of Nucla
Acreage: 500
Containment: 65 percent
Location: Western Park County, central Colorado
Acreage: 13,023
Containment: 93 percent
Contained fires
Buffalo Fire
Location: 2 miles west of Silverthorne
Acreage: 81
Location: 32 miles north of Craig in Moffat County
Acreage: 19,955
Fawn Fire
Location: 30 miles southwest of Meeker
Acreage: 1,119
Location: Northeastern Grand County near Grand Lake
Acreage: 20
Location: 7 miles northwest of Cripple Creek
Acreage: 1,423
Skunk Creek Fire
Location: 30 miles north of Craig
Acreage: 630
Location: Pueblo, just west of city limits
Acreage: 217
Location: 5 miles west of Maybell in Moffat County
Acreage: 1,636
