Wildfires blacken 32,000 acres in northwest Colorado

Posted by egable on August 28th, 2008 filed in Forests, Energy development

At least 21 wildfires have been ignited in recent days by lightning strikes in northwestern Colorado, including a 26,000-acre fire near Craig that continues to burn, the Rocky Mountain News reports.

Meanwhile, a drilling rig east of Rulison caught fire yesterday in an explosion at 1:30 a.m. as five Cyclone Drilling employees were working on the rig, the Daily Sentinel reports. No one was injured in the blaze, which was extinguished yesterday as well.