When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The follow their first instinct — to jump into action to protect

Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and Control told Denver7 Investigates the state's entire fleet of firefighting aircraft is fighting ongoing fires except for one.

With the latest growth, the estimated area burned in Colorado by 11 major wildfires in 2025 now stands at 64,196 acres, according to federal data.