Lightning was declared to be the cause of the East Round Top Fire that started Saturday in southern La Plata County.
The fire scorched about 5 acres by 5 p.m. and had grown to 10½ acres by Saturday ni.
A blaze called the East Round Top Fire ignited and engulfed 5 acres of northeast Southern Ute Indian Reservation land on Saturday, prompting a response from several area agencies.
The Bureau of Indian.
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Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch announced at 3:33 p.m. on its Facebook page that a 3-acre fire started on Southern Ute tribal land in the area of Cox Canyon south of Bondad Hill.
By 6:12 p.m., the f.
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.