The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) stated on X Thursday the current smell of smoke in the air in Boulder County is being carried over from western fires as a result of a thunderstorm that was incoming.
Several fires broke out Thursday morning and throughout the day in Western Colorado, including two fires at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park due to lightning strikes. The south rim fire is 1,640 acres and is 0% contained as of Thursday evening.
There is an active one acre fire northwest of Longmont called the Drummer’s Flat Fire. Smoke was reported southwest of Longmont, called the Nugget Hill Fire, but the BCSO said there was no fire and it has been deactivated from the Watch Duty fire map…