Governor John Hickenlooper praised the efforts of firefighters battling wildfires across 273 square miles of Colorado land Tuesday, noting progress made toward containing the devastating High Park Fire in Larimer County.

 “I’m not going to be too optimistic because I’m very superstitious,” Hickenlooper said from the High Park Fire incident command center. “But all the hard work that’s happened up here – it does seem like they’re making serious progress.”

Three of the 10 largest fires in Colorado history were either burning or in the process of being contained Tuesday.

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