Wildfire

HURRICANE -- Crews say they've fully contained a wildfire burning near Hurricane in southwestern Utah.

LIVERMORE, Colo. — Lower temperatures and higher humidity Saturday were expected to help crews assigned to a wildfire that has scorched 12 square miles in northern Colorado.

TOQUERVILLE  -- Lower temperatures and humidity overnight have helped crews battling a 500-acre brush fire near the southwestern Utah town of Toquerville.

CONIFER, Colo. — Residents of about 180 homes who fled a wildfire southwest of Denver earlier this week were waiting Friday to hear when they could return while other families were welcoming the chance to go back to their neighborhood.

DENVER -- Fire officials were hopeful Tuesday that calmer winds would help them bring a wildfire under control that has burned more than 3,000 acres in the mountains southwest of Denver, killing at least one person, destroying a handful of homes and forcing about 900 residents to evacuate.

RENO, Nev. -- Firefighters worked to hold the line Friday on a fast-moving brush fire that tore through the Reno area, destroyed 26 houses and forced thousands of residents to flee. The forecast of rain and snow would help douse the flames but also increase the chance of flooding on the charred land, authorities said.

The blaze started shortly after noon Thursday and, fueled by wind gusts reaching 82 mph, mushroomed to more than 6 square miles before firefighters stopped its surge toward Reno.

RENO, Nev. -- Firefighters worked to hold the line Friday on a fast-moving brush fire that tore through the Reno area, destroying at least 20 houses and forcing thousands of residents to flee.

The blaze started shortly after noon Thursday and, fueled by wind gusts reaching 82 mph, mushroomed to more than 6 square miles in size before firefighters stopped its surge toward Reno. The fire is holding steady at about 3,700 acres and was 50 percent contained, spokesman Mark Regan of the Sierra Fire Protection District said Friday.