Firefighters thankful for rain, but Colorado is not out of the woods yet

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — After weeks of battling fires amid hot, dry conditions that made things worse, rain in recent days was a welcomed relief to firefighters across Colorado's Front Range.

It seemed Colorado was breathing a collective sigh as the first heavy drops fell and saturated the ground.

"The rain was critical to containment efforts," said Jayson Papenfus, incident commander for the Quarry Fire.

Containment is increasing on the Alexander Mountain Fire and the Quarry Fire has reached full containment, but fire crews are warning Coloradans not to let their guard down.

"By no means has it gotten us out of the woods with that yet," Papenfus said.

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