Crews monitor fires in Fort Collins after voluntary evacuations lifted

Crews monitored two fires on Friday morning after they sparked voluntary evacuations in Fort Collins on Thursday. The two wildfires sent up heavy smoke across the Northern Colorado city.

One of the wildfires started in the early evening Thursday in the 1500 block of East Mulberry Avenue, not far from Link Lane. It was putting up heavy smoke after 6 p.m.

The voluntary evacuation was issued for both businesses and homes in the following areas:

- South of Highway 14 to Prospect
- Timberline east to Riverside/Lemay

All evacuations were lifted when crews got control of the fires.    

Poudre Fire Authority wrote in a social media post that the fire is located in an area of heavy vegetation.

Another fire was also burning nearby, in the 600 block of North Sherwood Street.