Wildfire Doused Before Reaching Home In Pitkin County

PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Firefighters knocked down a wildfire that had threatened a home in Pitkin County Sunday afternoon.
The half-acre fire broke out at 1870 Lower River Road just after noon.
(credit: Snowmass-Wildcat Fire District)
(credit: Snowmass-Wildcat Fire District)
“Fire personnel from Aspen, Basalt and Snowmass Village responded to the scene and began knocking down the blaze; which at the time was being pushed by strong winds towards an adjacent home, east of the fir