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Update: Fire danger very high as officials respond to multiple small blaze

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s A firefighting helicopter draws water from Dillon Reservoir on Friday, June 11, to drop on the nearby Straight Creek Fire. Photo by Elaine Collins No structures are threatened by fire near Interstate 70 Three small wildfires in less than 24 hours have Summit County fire officials worried. Things got started Thursday, June 10, when local fire districts increased the fire danger level from low to very high — something Summit Fire & EMS spokesperson Steve Lipsher said he has never seen. “In one day, we jumped three levels; we skipped moderate and high,” Lipsher said Thursday. “… Our humidity...

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