A grass hearth on the entrance of Coal Creek Canyon in Arvada burned over 100 acres, sparked pre-evacuation warnings and closed roads on Saturday morning, hearth officers mentioned.
The Candelas neighborhood was beneath a pre-evacuation warning for a number of hours after the Plainview hearth sparked close to Colorado 93 and Colorado 72 at 8:35 am., Arvada Fireplace Rescue spokesperson Brady Johnson mentioned.
The hearth had charred greater than 100 acres and was 80% contained as of 10 a.m., hearth officers mentioned, and crews have been engaged on mopping up and gaining full containment. All pre-evacuation orders have been lifted by 11:40 a.m.
Nobody was injured and no constructions have been threatened by the fireplace, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
The Plainview Fireplace is at 80% containment and doesn’t look like associated to the prepare tracks. Nice staff work from @ArvadaFire, @ArvadaPolice, @boulder_fire, Boulder Open House, Coal Creek Fireplace & @ColoradoDOT. Please keep away from the realm because of the ongoing hearth suppression efforts… pic.twitter.com/zGB2jVQeO3
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) February 7, 2026
“Breezy circumstances and dry fuels enabled this hearth to shortly develop in dimension,” hearth officers mentioned on social media.
Colorado 93 is closed in each instructions between 58th Avenue and Colorado 170, and Colorado 72 is closed in each instructions between between Colorado 93 and Plainview Street due to the fireplace, based on the Colorado Division of Transportation.
The hearth was largely boxed in on the northwest facet of the 2 highways, Johnson mentioned. The trigger is beneath investigation and doesn’t look like associated to the close by prepare tracks, based on the sheriff’s workplace.
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