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The Christian Science Monitor
Firefighters gain upper hand against Fourmile fire in Colorado

By Pete Spotts
Staff writer / September 11, 2010

So far, the wildfire has burned more than 6,400 acres in the Fourmile Canyon area, five miles west of downtown Boulder.

Associated Press
Fire managers confident Colo wildfire won’t spread

By P. Solomon Banda (AP)

BOULDER, Colo. — Firefighters put out hot spots and built lines around a 10-square-mile wildfire in the Colorado foothills on Saturday, confident that they’ve been able to stop it from spreading …

CNN U.S.
‘Favorable’ weather aids firefighters in Colorado

By the CNN Wire Staff
September 11, 2010 9:48 p.m. EDT

Calm weather Saturday aided the containment effort against a large wildfire that encroached into Boulder, Colorado.