Two Alabama Men Arrested For Starting Colorado Wild Fire

Both women were evacuated from their homes but say their homes are still standing.

“That’s what they’ve been looking at over the last couple of days”, Boerkircher said.

This isn’t the first run-in with law enforcement for the pair: Kuykendall was arrested four years ago and later convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl, according to Alabama criminal records, and the Cullman Times newspaper reported Suggs was arrested in 2012 for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

Their names weren’t immediately released.

Colorado’s largest current wildfire has blackened nearly 30 square miles in the northwest part of the state near the Wyoming line.

Jimmy Andrew Suggs, 28, and Zackary Ryan Kuykendall, 26, both of Vinemont, Alabama, were booked into the Boulder County Jail on Sunday afternoon.

Gusty winds also threaten to fan the flames Monday.

Evacuated residents listen to updates during a community briefing regarding the Cold Springs Wildfire on Monday, July 11, 2016, at the Nederland High School in Nederland, Colo.

Authorities say a vehicle carrying federal firefighters returning from a patrol for lightning-sparked wildfires crashed, killing two of them and injuring another on a remote northern Nevada highway. Suggs says they had “never seen anything like it”.

High winds in the area coupled with more than 90-degree temperatures exaggerated the fire, causing it to spread more than it might have otherwise.

The 3.6-square-mile fire has been burning on a ridge above the town of Pine Valley.

No aircraft were flying Sunday night during the latest drone sighting, but firefighters had to ground their planes for several hours Friday night during another drone flight, Saylors said. It’s unclear if it was the same drone in all five instances.

The fire was 5 percent contained after beginning June 19 and charring federal and state lands about 25 miles north of Walden.

Almost 2,000 people have been evacuated, authorities said.

More detailed mapping has showed that 528 acres have burned, a little less than the originally reported number.

A total of eight homes have been confirmed destroyed in the fire so far, along with seven outbuildings. The fire crossed Boulder Canyon yesterday and firefighters were able to contain it quickly in that location.