High Park wildfire ravages northern Colorado – in pictures

An Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to homes near Horsetooth Reservoir Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

Smoke and flames encroach upon homes and ranches on the eastern front of the High Park fire near Laporte Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Reuters

Robby Wood and his nephew Jacob Wood watch as smoke and flames close in on homes near Laporte Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Reuters

Smoke fills the air over a small barn turning the sky orange as the fire burns near Laporte Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Reuters

The forest burns behind houses in Colorado's High Park fire Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Smoke from the High Park fire rises from the hillside looking west along Colorado state highway 14 north of Denver Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

An Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to homes near Horsetooth Reservoir Photograph: Marc Piscotty/Getty Images

People gather on a hill to watch the wildfire near Fort Collins Photograph: Ed Andrieski/AP

Tracy Greenwood embraces her daughter, Mariah Greenwood, as they watch the High Park wildfire burn near their home west of Fort Collins Photograph: Ed Andrieski/AP