Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 — Wildfires in Colorado spread Tuesday, triggering new evacuation orders and threatening a popular ski resort area. The state’s largest fire forced the evacuation of more than 1,300 homes Tuesday after spreading dangerously close to the resort town of Silverthorne and two densely populated housing developments, just 60 miles west of Denver. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Adam Bianchi said the latest fire came within 200 yards of a subdivision that includes condos, apartments and pricey homes.