Firefighters responded Wednesday to a fire near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus.
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged as the fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A person uses a shovel to put out hot spots near a house close to County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged. The fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged. The fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged. The fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The fire that started near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus burned up this hill before reaching a plowed field, which slowed its progress. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Department firefighters work to control a fire that spread into trees on Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged as the fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Fort Lewis Fire Department engine works on knocking down a fire that started near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters from area agencies work to contain a fire that started close to this house Wednesday afternoon near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus. The house was not damaged as the fire burned around it. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The fire that started near County Road 117 southwest of Hesperus burned up this hill before reaching a plowed field, which slowed its progress. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Smoke form the fire that broke out near County 117 rises up as the sun sets southwest of Hesperus on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hot spots from a fire near County Road 117 kept flaring up after the sun went down southwest of Hesperus on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
