Update Thursday, March 19 1:30 p.m.: The Custer County Sheriff’s office reported that the Buttermilk Fire was 75 percent contained as of 11 a.m. this morning. Additionally, the cause of the fire was determined to be an aspen tree falling onto a Sangre de Cristo powerline, which…
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