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Wildfires Scorch 20 Square Miles Along Colorado-New Mexico Border

TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and possible rain along the Colorado-New Mexico border as they battle two wildfires that have scorched 20 square miles.

Both fires burning in sparsely populated areas Wednesday morning. A blaze started by lightning in New Mexico southeast of Trinidad last week has grown to nearly 6,900 acres, with about 320 of those acres in New Mexico. That fire was about 15 percent contained.

Four homes are in the path of the fire but no evacuations have been ordered.

A second fire at

Bear Fire
An image from the Bear Fire (credit: CBS)

northeast of Trinidad has burned about 6,100 acres along steep, rocky terrain. That fire is about 10 percent contained. It's unclear when and how that fire started.

Four hundred firefighters are battling both blazes.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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