DENVER (AP) - A lightning-caused wildfire in southwestern Colorado has led to the evacuation of more than two dozen homes and the closure of a highway, officials said Monday.
The fire started Saturday and was burning on private and U.S. Bureau of Land Management land about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Durango. It had burned less than 2 square miles (5 square kilometers) square miles as of Monday morning.
Mandatory evacuation orders were in place Sunday and Monday for 23 homes in two subdivisions, plus more homes on Cherry Creek Road near the La Plata-Montezuma county line.
Authorities closed U.S. Highway 160 between Hesperus and Mancos because of the fire, with no estimated time for the roadway to reopen.
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