CONIFER, COLO. (AP) -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has suspended the use of state prescribed burns like the one that may have caused a deadly wildfire that destroyed 27 homes near Denver.

Hickenlooper said today that the ban on such fires on state lands, including state parks, would be in effect until a review of the wildfire is complete.

The ban doesn't affect land controlled by the federal government -- which accounts for more than a third of Colorado. However, Hickenlooper urged counties and federal agencies to also consider suspending such burns for now.

The Colorado State Forest Service said today that preliminary reports indicate the wildfire burning near Denver was started by embers from a prescribed burn last week. Jefferson County sheriff's officials say the fire is now 15 percent contained.

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