Wildfires in Colorado are raging across the Front Range

In Jefferson County, the quarry is burning near Deer Creek Canyon, forcing evacuations early in the morning on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/JS)

Smoke rises from the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/JS)

A single-engine air tanker drops retardant on the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/JS)

A CH-47D Chinook helicopter waves the water with its rotor blades, creating a rainbow as it reloads with water at the Green Ridge Glade Reservoir, while another helicopter passes in the background to help combat the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

The sun peeks through the thick smoke as an entire hillside burns as part of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

Firefighters battle the orange glow of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

Firefighters battle the orange glow of the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

Todd Buseman, 22, stands next to his car to watch helicopters reload from the Green Ridge Glade Reservoir as smoke rises from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/ JS)

Smoke rises from the Stone Canyon fire near Lyons on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/JS)

David Glover, left, and his wife Taylor pack for evacuation in Lyon on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/JS)

A large helicopter flies over the Alexander Mountain Fire burning west of Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)

Evan Mann packs essentials into the car as he and his wife, Deborah, pack their home as they evacuate from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Their home on County Road 27 was about a mile from the nearest part of the fire. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

Flames can be seen near homes from the Alexander Mountain fire west of Loveland on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/JS)

Lizzy Mann, 8, eats a popsicle as she watches the Alexander Mountain Fire from her grandparents’ home on Glade Road west of Loveland, Colorado, on July 30, 2024. She and her family were evacuated from their home further west and closer to the fire, but their grandparents’ home is also under evacuation orders. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)

Deborah Mann, left, and her son, Basil Mann, 6, try to stay cool in his small SUV by eating popsicles at Mann’s parents’ house as the Alexander Mountain Fire continues to burn in the foothills west of their home off Glade Road. near Loveland on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)

The Alexander Mountain Fire continues to burn west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)

A tattered American flag blows in the wind along Glade Road west of Loveland, Colorado on July 30, 2024. The Alexander Mountain Fire continues to burn in the background and has consumed more than 5,000 acres to date. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)

Firefighters help battle the Alexander Mountain Fire near Sylvan Dale Ranch, which continues to burn west of Loveland near Loveland, Colorado, on July 30, 2024. The fire has so far destroyed more than 5,000 hectares. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/JS)