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From the Denver7 news desk: Breaking and developing news on March 12, 2018

Posted at 3:15 PM, Mar 12, 2018
and last updated 2018-03-12 20:34:07-04

This is the Denver7 breaking and developing news blog. Throughout the day, this story will be updated with both minor and large breaking news events that our readers care about. Check back as we continue to update this story. 


6:16 p.m.: A small wildfire in a remote area of Pueblo Mountain Park is 100 percent contained, the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office says. 

4:46 p.m.: The Town of Elizabeth and Unincorporated areas of Elbert County have moved to a Stage 3 Burn Ban, meaning the following is prohibited: Open burning of any kind, outdoor smoking (with some exceptions), the sale or use of fireworks, use of educational rockets, use of indoor fireplaces and wood-burning stoves, use of recreational motor vehicles without an approved forest service spark arrestor.  

4:18 p.m.: The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services Bureau and Forest Service are working a small wildfire in a remote area of Pueblo Mountain Park. No structures have been threatened. 

2:37 p.m.: The Stateline Fire remains 40 percent contained and has burned 10,960 acres in Colorado, the Colorado Emergency Management office says. 

11:37 a.m.: A wildfire that started in New Mexico and which has been dubbed the "Stateline Fire" has burned 9,000 acres of land in Colorado and is 40 percent contained, according to the Baca County Sheriff's Office.