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Lightning Starts Wildfire East Of Dove Creek

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Lightning has sparked a wildfire on Bureau of Land Management lands east of Dove Creek. According to a release, the fire was discovered Saturday burning in steep, rugged terrain covered in piñon and juniper. Fire crews were working on the ground to suppress the blaze and a helicopter was providing water drops. The fire was zero percent contained as of Monday afternoon, the most recent information available.

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
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