Firefighter Safety A Top Priority As Beaver Creek Fire Continues To Burn

WALDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire that started a month ago near Walden in northern Colorado continues to burn and create headaches for fire managers.
The battle against the 25,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire has cost nearly $12 million so far, and crews say the large number of beetle-kill trees continue to make their jobs difficult.
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“It’s dangerous before it burns and even more dangerous, as you can imagine, after the fire goes through and weakens those trees further,&