Colorado wildfire 75 percent contained

Posted: 10.02.2009 at 9:12 AM

Read more: Local, State, Outdoors, Livermore, Wildfire, Blaze, Electrical Transformer, Firefighters

LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) -- A 225-acre wildfire in northern Colorado is 75 percent contained.

Firefighters say they expect the blaze to be fully contained by the end of the day Friday.

No structures have burned and no injures have been reported.

Authorities say the fire started Wednesday when high winds scattered sparks from a blown electrical transformer.

The fire is burning in dry grass, brush and scattered trees.

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