The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said a small grass fire sparked Saturday when a man was cutting logs in the 8400 block of Arapahoe Road.
According to a sheriff’s news release, the Boulder County Communication Center was notified of the small grass fire at 2:37 p.m. east of Boulder. The reporting party told authorities the fire started while he was cutting old wooden logs.
The fire traveled west into City of Boulder Open Space property and was approximately 200 yards by 100 yards in size before it was extinguished by firefighters from Mountain View Fire Rescue and Lafayette Fire Departments, according to the release. Rangers from the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks as well as deputies from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene to assist with traffic control.
No injuries were reported, and no structures damaged due to this incident.
