FILE PHOTO: Flames work through trees near a road block as the Cameron Peak Fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado's history, burns outside Estes Park, Colorado, U.S. October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
DENVER (Reuters) - Helicopters rescued 23 hikers and three dogs from San Juan National Forest in the latest in a series of wildfires burning across Colorado and the U.S. West, officials said on Tuesday.
The Ice Fire, which broke out Monday in Colorado's southwest corner near the small former mining town of Silverton, had burned 320 acres by early evening, the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management said in a statement.
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