ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: From storms in the East to fire out West, thick smoke is spreading for miles across the plains near Boulder, Colorado. Firefighters are trying to control the 600-acre wildfire, which may have been started by an illegal campfire. CNN affiliate KUSA reporter Dana Knowles joins us now from Boulder with the very latest. Dana, what do you have for us?</s>DANA KNOWLES, KUSA REPORTER: Well, as of right now the fire is about 15 percent contained, but it continues to move very, very quickly. We were up at the incident command center just about an hour ago, and they had to move us away from there because the fire was getting dangerously close to us. Also, hot, dry, windy weather continues to be a problem as well.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're given a task to do and to try to work as a team to get the fire out.</s>KNOWLES: Air tankers dropped 80,000 gallons of retardant on the fire. The incident commander of the 230 agencies fighting the fire says the retardant helps, but the winds continue to be a problem.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As with most of the fires throughout the summer, the problem is the dry fuels. There's just not enough moisture last winter or this spring, and we continue to have dry fuels. You couple that with hot temperatures and windy weather, and that's a combination that's just not very good at all.</s>KNOWLES: Now so far about 200 homes have been evacuated, and there's no word yet on when those people will be able to return to their homes. But there are a few shelters that have been set up around town. This is a very beautiful area that attracts many, many hikers, and right now they're asking people to just stay away, because at this point the fire was moving west. Now it's moving north. They're not sure where it's going because the wind continues to shift, so they're just asking people to stay away. Back to you.</s>HALL: Dana Knowles reporting live from Boulder, Colorado, with our affiliate KUSA. Thank you, Dana.
High Winds Hamper Firefighting Efforts in Boulder