Cherokee Ranch Fire

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. South Metro Fire and Rescue crews battle heavy winds and embers as the put fire around a house at 1471 Olde Happy Canyon Road. They successfully put out the fire and saved that house. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. South Metro Firefighter Chris Shea douses water from Engine 37 as his crew member races to help put out the flames with his tools. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. A Littleton Firefighter coughs from the heavy smoke as flames rise in the air at the Whispering Canyon subdivision in Castle Pines North. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. South Metro Firefighter Mike Gilbert of Engine 37 doses flames with a hose from their engine as their crew battles the flames at the Whispering Canyon subdivision in Castle Pines North. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. South Metro Firefighter Mike Gilbert of Engine 37 faces away from the heat of the flames as their crew battles the flames at the Whispering Canyon subdivision in Castle Pines North. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. Flames approach houses in the Whispering Canyon subdivision at Whispering Canyon Drive and Horizon trail. Firefighters were able to keep the fire away from all the homes in the area. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. A Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy orders everyone to leave immediately. The fire was advancing quickly on Daniels Park Road and posed a threat to people who had gathered on the road to watch. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. South Metro Fire and Rescue Lt. Mike West helps his crew save a house at 1471 lde Happy Canyon Road. The crew was successful and the house was spared from the flames. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON

10_27_03_CASTLE PINES,CO--The Cherokee Fire. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON