Firefighters are responding to a wildland fire south of Durango.
Crews fight a wildland fire off of County Road 217 south of Durango on Friday afternoon. The fire started after a controlled burn got out of control about 2:30 p.m. It threatened four structures. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Crews fight a wildland fire off County Road 217 south of Durango on Friday afternoon. The fire started after a controlled burn got out of control. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A helicopter helps fight a wildland fire south of Durango on Friday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A firefighter helps to put out a fire off County Road 217 south of Durango on Friday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters put out a fire off County Road 217 and Thoroughbred Road south of Durango on Friday afternoon. Photos by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
Firefighters help to put out a fire off County Road 217 and Thoroughbred Road south of Durango on Friday afternoon. Photo Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald
Smoke fills the Florida River valley Friday afternoon as a wildland fire burns near County Road 217 and Thoroughbred Road. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
A tanker works to provide structure protection at a house on Thoroughbred Road, south of Durango where a wildland fire burned Friday afternoon. Residents of four houses were evacuated. Photo by Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald
A plane drops fire retardant on a wildland fire near County Road 217 on Friday afternoon. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
A helicopter drops water on a fire on County Road 217 on Friday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter puts out flames that threatened homes on Friday southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter works to put out flames that threatened homes on Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Los Pinos Fire Protection District firefighter dampens vegetation as flames approach a home on Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter works to put out flames that threatened homes on Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A lead planes marks the drop for a heavy airtanker from the Durango Tanker Base to drop a load of retardant as flames approach homes Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter works to put out flames that threatened homes on Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mesa Verde Heli Attack helicopter works to put out flames that threatened homes on Friday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A firefighter helps fight a blaze on County Road 217 southeast of Durango on Friday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A heavy tanker flies over a wildland fire off County Road 217 and Thoroughbred Road on Friday afternoon. A tanker, lead plan, helicopter and single-engine plane attacked the fire from above while ground crews fought below. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
Slurry covers a firefighter’s helmet at a fire off of County Road 217 and Thorougbred Road on Friday afternoon. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
Slurry covers a firefighter at a fire off County Road 217 and Thorougbred Road on Friday afternoon. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
Firefighters attack a wildland fire from Betsy Rockett’s deck on Friday afternoon on County Road 217. Photo by Luke Perkins/Durango Herald
A heavy airtanker from the Durango Tanker Base drops a load of slurry as flames approach homes on Friday at the 217 Fire southeast of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
