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Costs to fight Duckett fire $4 million
Posted: 06.20.2011 at 4:23 AM
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SALIDA, COLO. (AP) -- Fire officials say costs of fighting a wildfire burning on seven square miles in the southern Colorado mountains have reached about $4 million.

Cooler temperatures and higher humidity Saturday helped crews build containment lines around 30 percent of the Duckett fire, but the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning on Sunday.

Nearly 650 people were at the scene to fight the fire.

About 130 homes in Custer and Fremont counties have been evacuated because of the flames.

The fire started June 12 in the San Isabel National Forest.

Authorities suspect it was human-caused.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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