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Full Containment On Small Boulder Wildfire Expected Soon

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - Emergency crews say they expect they'll have a small wildfire that broke out in Boulder on Wednesday fully contained by Thursday evening.

Gregory Fire
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The Gregory Fire, named after the Gregory Canyon area where it is located, burned roughly three acres and it was at least 50 percent contained Thursday morning.

Gregory Fire
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The popular hiking area just west of downtown is located on rocky, steep terrain.

No homes were threatened by the fire and Flagstaff Road, which was briefly closed due to the firefight, is back open.

Wildfire Resources

– Visit CBSDenver.com's Living With Wildfire section.

Wildfire Photo Galleries

– See images from the most destructive wildfires (Black ForestWaldo CanyonHigh Park and Fourmile), the deadliest (Storm King) and largest wildfire (Hayman) in Colorado history.

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