Overview
- Authorities ordered mandatory evacuations along County Road 31 south of Carter Lake on Wednesday after a wildfire dubbed the Cougar Run Fire.
- The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office later reported the fire was 100% contained and all evacuation orders were lifted.
- The blaze was estimated at about 10 acres and was burning on state land west of Berthoud in Larimer County.
- Firefighters from the sheriff’s office, the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, and the Berthoud and Loveland fire departments responded, and a helicopter was ordered.
- Officials said the cause remains under investigation, and crews shifted to mop-up work after containment.