Author: By O’DELL ISAAC and JESSICA SNOUWAERT The Gazette

The recent explosion of wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming, including the largest fire in Colorado history, has forced the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests to temporarily close all national forest land in Clear Creek, Jefferson, Gilpin, Boulder, and Larimer counties, according to a release from the U.S. Forest Service. Wildfires have torched nearly 700 square…