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A series of wildfires that sparked across Colorado this week burned nearly 15,000 acres, but fire crews are starting to take control. As of Saturday, only one fire — the Bucktail fire, burning on nearly 3,000 acres in Montrose County near Nucla and the Uncompahgre National Forest — was 0% contained, according to fire officials. The fire hasn’t damaged any homes, and no evacuations have been ordered, according to the Inciweb website, which monitors wildfires. The three fires actively burning across Colorado’s Front Range all saw large jumps in containment Saturday. As of Saturday evening, Jefferson County’s Quarry fire was 20% contained, Larimer County’s Alexander Mountain fire was 32% contained and the Stone Canyon fire burning in Boulder and Larimer counties was 53% contained. “We’re getting to the point where we’re not running from the fire, but we’re taking control of the fire,” Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesperson Mark Techmeyer said Saturday evening. The Quarry fire and the fatal Stone Canyon fire are believed to have been human-caused, and county officials have opened arson investigations. Jefferson County sheriff’s investigator Kevin Bost said Friday that the Quarry fire near Dear Creek Canyon likely was caused by people, but he didn’t specify whether investigators believed it was intentional or accidental.

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