With high winds forecast for most of the day, Wednesday could be another busy day for firefighters.

The National Interagency Fire Center said fire danger in Colorado and all of the West is only moderate but moderate doesn't mean that the danger doesn't exist. Even though we're still officially in winter season, the state is experiencing summer-like weather and that is partially the reason why the fire season began with three separate fires on Tuesday.

Crash May Have Sparked Coal Creek Canyon Fire

There's still no word on the condition of a 13-year-old boy involved in a motorbike accident that may have sparked a fire on the Jefferson-Boulder county border Tuesday afternoon.

The boy was riding his motorbike off Highway 72 in the Crescent Park area when he crashed. A fire sparked in the field of dry brush scorched 3 acres.

No homes were damaged but two subdivisions in the Coal Creek Canyon area -- roughly 81 families -- were asked to voluntarily evacuate. Those homes all received reverse 911 calls that warned them about the fire.

The boy remains at Childrens' Hospital in Denver for the treatment of burns. His condition has not been released.

Prescribed Fires Blown Out Of Control

In Longmont a fire started intentionally on Tuesday to clean out weeds from an irrigation ditch quickly grew out of control and jumped to a haystack and destroyed 11,000 bales of hay, causing an estimated $13,000 in damage. Firefighters had to work quickly to contain the fire before it spread to a historic barn nearby.

Another prescribed burn got out of control and scorched about 30 acres of open grassland, threatening a couple of homes before being extinguished, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

A grass fire in Lincoln County near Colorado 94 and Punkin Center was contained after it charred 2,000 acres. One home was damaged but no structures were damaged.

Aurora Fire Creeps Close To Homes

Then later in the afternoon, around 5:30 p.m., another fire broke out in Aurora within a few feet of an apartment complex near Mississippi and Havana.

Firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze but not before neighbors at the Summer Chase apartment complex watched flames burn dry brush and creep dangerously close to their homes.

One car that could not get out in time had its back bumper burned.

The fire marshal believed the fire was sparked in some abandoned couches, where kids had been spotted playing.

Ranchers Asked To Tell Fire Departments About Prescribed Burns

Farmers and ranchers are allowed to conduct prescribed burns when they want but the combination of the winds gusts and summer like temperatures makes the potential for wildfires high.

"Right now you're going to see a lot of farmers and a lot of ranchers using fire to take care of their land. Well that's a good thing for them to do, it's a good tool, but not on days like today. On these windy days, when it's so hot and dry out and you've got 50 mph gusts, it's not the time to be putting fire on the ground.

Firefighters suggests that ranchers and farmers call their local fire departments to let them know when they are conducting a controlled burn so firefighters could be prepared in case something goes wrong.