Wildfires sweep across two US states

On Saturday, the firefighters’ effort to contain the blaze in Colorado was hurt by Hot, dry and gusty conditions that are expected to continue into Sunday.

At least seven wildfires are now burning across Colorado, spreading westward into inaccessible canyons.

“The fire continues to spread west into steep, inaccessible areas with beetle-killed timber on the west and northwest portions of the fire,” a statement from the US federal fire incident command center said.

The fire has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 people in Utah and burned some 200 dwellings in Colorado.

Officials say the Utah blaze was sparked when a bullet grazed a rock on public land near a landfill popular as an unofficial shooting range.

Some 450 firefighters, backed by air tankers and choppers, battled roaring flames in Utah. But they only managed to contain 30 percent of the fire by Saturday night.

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