FILE PHOTO: Thick plume of smoke from a wildfire is seen in Boulder County, Colorado, U.S., October 14, 2020, in this still image from time-lapse video obtained via social media. Cindy Halley Gotway – UCAR via REUTERS
DENVER (Reuters) - Stoked by high winds, a wildfire burning for two months in northern Colorado exploded in size this week to surpass 167,000 acres, making it the largest blaze in state history, officials said on Thursday.
The so-called Cameron Peak Fire in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests has forced the evacuations of several mountain communities and campgrounds and has destroyed an unknown number of homes and other buildings, according to an interagency fire-tracking website.
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