Firefighters gained control of a fast-moving grass fire burning near open space in northwest Arvada that forced mandatory evacuations on Thursday afternoon, fire officials said.

Fire crews had full containment on the fire just before 2 p.m., the Arvada Police Department said in a post on social media .

“Previous evacuation orders remain in place,” Arvada police said in a 2:03 p.m. post on X. “We will advise when residents can stand down/return home.”

Arvada Fire Department crews and other Jefferson County law enforcement responded to a fire near West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Street, the agency said just before 1 p.m.

The size of the fire was not immediately available, but the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office descried it as a “large house/grass fire” that was threatening homes.

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