Firefighters are working to contain and extinguish a fire that started along the entrance road to the Great Sand Dunes National Park this afternoon.
The fire started around 3 p.m. when lightning struck the ground about a quarter-mile from the entrance road in the grasslands, park staff said.
The Rio Grande Division of Fire Prevention and Control and Mosca Fire Department are responding to the fire, along with national park staff. The entrance is closed to inbound traffic and the visitor center is closed. The fire is burning within park boundaries.
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