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Denver Jake fire 60 percent contained

WORLAND – The Denver Jake fire, 16 miles southwest of Worland, was 60 percent contained Thursday morning according to Bureau of Land Management public affairs specialist Cindy Wertz.

Wertz stated that the fire has mapped out at 7,100 acres, is burning in difficult terrain of mostly sagebrush and grasses and was probably started by lightning.

At the peak, the fire was being fought by 110 firefighte...