Firefighters work on fighting the Alexander Mountain Fire that continues to burn near Sylvan Dale Ranch west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
In Jefferson County the Quarry fire burns near Deer Creek Canyon forcing evacuations early in the morning on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
Smoke rises from the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A single engine air tanker drops retardant on the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A CH-47D Chinook helicopter ripples the water with its rotor blades, creating a rainbow as it reloads with water at Green Ridge Glade Reservoir, while another helicopter passes in the background to help fight the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
The sun peeks through the thick smoke as an entire hill burns as part of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Firefighters battle the orange blaze of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Firefighters battle the orange blaze of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Todd Buseman, 22, stands next to his car to watch helicopters reload from the Green Ridge Glade Reservoir as smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Smoke rises from the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
David Glover, left, and his wife Taylor pack for evacuation in Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A large helicopter flies over the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Evan Mann puts essentials into the car as he and his wife, Deborah, pack up their house as they evacuate from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Their house off of County Road 27 was roughly a mile from the closest portion of the fire. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Flames can be seen near houses from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Lizzy Mann, 8, eats a popsicle while watching the Alexander Mountain Fire from her grandparents house off of Glade Road west of Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. She and her family were evacuated from their home further west and closer to the fire but their grandparents home are under evacuation orders as well. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Deborah Mann, left, and her son, Basil Mann, 6, on his small ATV, try to stay cool eating popsicles at the home of Mann’s parents while the Alexander Mountain Fire continues to burn in the foothills west of their home off of Glade Road near Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
The Alexander Mountain Fire continues burning west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Firefighters work on fighting the Alexander Mountain Fire that continues to burn near Sylvan Dale Ranch west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)