Boulder County crews contain small fire in Carriage Hills

Mitchell Byars, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
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Dec. 2—Editor's note: This article has been updated after officials initially identified the wrong neighborhood.

Boulder County crews were able to contain a small wildfire in the Carriage Hills neighborhood Thursday night.

The fire was first reported at 10:24 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Cutter Lane, according to a release from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

Emergency personnel responded to the scene and began fighting a quarter-acre fire burning in a wooded, mountainous area while dealing with sustained winds of 25 to 50 mph with gusts of up to 60 mph.

Crews were able to reach containment on the fire just after midnight Friday. No structures were threatened and no evacuations were needed.

Crews will remain on scene to monitor the fire.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Boulder Mountain Fire Protection District, Lefthand Fire Protection District, Mountain View Fire Protection District, Boulder Rural Fire Rescue, Lyons Fire Protection District and Sunshine Fire Protection District all responded to the call.