Overview
- A lightning strike at Fox Hollow Golf Course near Lakewood hit a golfer and started a slow-moving grass and brush fire, and the injured person was taken to a local hospital and discharged the next morning, according to West Metro Fire Rescue.
- Fire crews contained the blaze after it burned about two acres, built containment lines to stop forward progress, and began thorough mop-up work to extinguish remaining hotspots.
- Responders used a drone with infrared imaging to locate hidden pockets of heat and expected to remain on scene for several hours to prevent rekindling.
- Irrigated fairways and greens limited the fire's spread so no homes or structures were threatened or damaged, officials said.
- The incident follows a separate suspected-arson arrest reported the day before and prompted renewed warnings that lightning and human-caused ignitions both pose elevated wildfire risk in the region's dry fuels.