Medano Fire Sends Smoke through Region

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Last night a huge cloud of smoke drifted across Huerfano and Pueblo counties. The smoke is from a wildfire burning in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve northeast of Alamosa. Shanna Lewis sent us this report from Westcliffe.

Photos: Smoke from the Medano Fire in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve pours over the Sangre de Cristos into the south end of the Wet Mountain Valley last evening. Credit: Shanna Lewis.