1 dead, more than 900 homes evacuated
Authorities ordered residents of more than 900 homes to evacuate. Deputies warned that the fire was still active late Monday and told residents not to try to go home to rescue pets but to call the sheriff's department.
The fire was about 25 miles southwest of Denver in a rugged, largely rural area where the altitude ranges from 7,000 to 8,200 feet. The region of pines and grassland is dotted with hamlets and the occasional expensive home. It is several miles -- and mountain ridges -- west of Denver's tightly populated southwestern suburbs, which weren't threatened.
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