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Jun 16, 2008 11:31 am US/Mountain

Cooler Weather To Help Fight Pinon Canyon Fire

PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE, Colo. (CBS4) ― Firefighters believe cooler and cloudy weather Monday will help improve their 55 percent containment on the fire that started on Fort Carson's training ground in southeastern Colorado. New estimates have the size of the Pinon Canyon wildfire at 45,800 acres.

The fire was estimated at 43,000 acres on Sunday when low humidity and shifting winds tested the fire lines.

The winds did blow the flames outside the Army's maneuver site and onto private ranch land earlier in the weekend.

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Learn more about how wildfires happen and what can be done to combat them once they do. Several links on cbs4denver.com's Wildfire Resources section also provide important information if a wildfire is threatening your community.

(© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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