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A sign supports firefighters battling the 416 Fire on Saturday in Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Glow sticks are left over from a Saturday nighttime 416 Fire operation on Forest Service Road 576. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The results on Saturday of a previous back burn to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire burns on Saturday on the south side of the Hermosa Creek drainage. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A dozer line on Saturday had been put in place along Forest Service Road 576 going toward the northeast to keep the 416 Fire from advancing to homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The result on Saturday of a previous back burn to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire started raging early Saturday morning in the Hermosa Creek drainage. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Firefighters keep an eye on the 416 Fire Saturday from above County Road 202. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Helicopters work the 416 Fire on Saturday on the east side of Hermosa Cliffs. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire closes in on the Animas Village Apartments and the Hermosa Hills townhomes late Friday evening west of U.S. Highway 550. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire is burned Saturday in thick fuel making a very hot fire and creating a plume that rises thousands of feet above the flames. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

With dry, windy conditions, the 416 Fire quickly burns through trees. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A dozer line on Saturday had been put in place along Forest Service Road 576 going toward the northeast to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire burns in the background on the north side of the Hermosa Creek drainage on Saturday past the Hermosa Creek Campground. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire burns in the background on the south side of the Hermosa Creek drainage on Saturday past the Hermosa Creek Campground. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The result on Saturday of a back burn to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A back burn had been done before Saturday to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The result on Saturday of a back burn to keep the 416 Fire from advancing toward homes along County Road 201. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Steve Beiser, a County Road 201 resident who has not left the mandatory evacuation area, talks with Eric Bader, a safety officer with the Rocky Mountain Incident Black Team, on Saturday as the 416 Fire burns in the background. Beiser and his wife, Connie, are ready to leave on a moment’s notice. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Steve Beiser, a County Road 201 resident who has not left the mandatory evacuation area, talks with Eric Bader, a safety officer with the Rocky Mountain Incident Black Team, on Saturday as the 416 Fire burns in the background. Beiser and his wife, Connie, are ready to leave on a moment’s notice. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The spectacular 416 Fire drawn dozens of people to photograph it, including local photographer Paul Boyer. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire started raging early Saturday morning in the Hermosa Creek drainage. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire stretches for miles from the Hermosa Creek drainage on Saturday all the way over to U.S. Highway 550. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The 416 Fire on Saturday created a thick fuel and a plume that rises thousands of feet above the flames. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald