Fire agencies from the metro Denver area have deployed personnel and equipment to western Colorado to assist with the growing Snyder Mesa fire, which has burned more than 28,000 acres near the Colorado-Utah border.
The fire, sparked by lightning Friday evening, merged with at least two other fires and has expanded rapidly under extreme fire conditions, according to the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Team.
West Metro Fire Rescue on Monday sent two crews of four firefighters to the fire. Brush Engine 9 and its wildland firefighting crew were deployed alongside the agency’s Rapid Extraction Module Support, or REMS, team…