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Crews Battle 200-Acre Brush Fire Near Livermore

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Firefighters responded to a brush fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in Larimer County.

Starwood Fire 3 (evacuee @1414Genelle)
(credit: @1414Genelle)
Starwood Fire 1 (Larimer County SO FB)
(credit: Larimer County Sheriff's Office)

The fire was burning near the town of Livermore near the Mill Creek Subdivision north of County Road 80C and east of County Road 59.

The fire was estimated at approximately 200 acres.

No structures are currently threatened but residents of three homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution.

It's believed the fire was caused by lightning.

Starwood Fire 4 (evacuee @1414Genelle)
(credit: @1414Genelle)

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