The Bear Dance Fire that flared up east of Ignacio city limits on Friday has been extinguished.
The blaze consumed 89 acres and required assistance from three interagency hot-shot crews, aircraft supp.
Pre-evacuation orders were in effect after a wildfire broke out on Southern Ute Indian Reservation land Friday afternoon, according to Bureau of Indian affairs officials.
About 100 firefighters continued to battle the Bear Dance Fire on Saturday that flared to life shortly after noon Friday. Fire crews were working to set a perimeter around the fire that had consumed 8.
A large brush fire consumed about 20 acres and caused power to be shut off to more than 2,500 customers Friday afternoon on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation near Ignacio.
The Bear Dance Fire was re.