Firefighters were able to nearly contain the Bear Creek Fire burning on U.S. Forest Service land in Colorado. According to the West Douglas Fire Protection District, the wildland fire burned approximately eleven acres and was 75% contained on Monday morning.
Crews said that calm weather helped limit the spread of the fire that started on Sunday, approximately two miles northwest of the Rampart Range Road and South County Highway 67. It burned on federal land near Bear Creek and the Indian Creek Campground in Douglas County.
Roxborough State Park was closed on Sunday due to the smoke and potential wildfire threat. The park partially reopened on Monday morning after the fire containment was announced…