While afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday helped firefighters contain one blaze burning on the Western Slope, another nearby fire is close to becoming the fourth-largest on record in Colorado.

The wildfires in early January disrupted education for more than 725,000 students and destroyed or damaged at least a dozen schools.

As of Saturday morning, a trio of fast-growing wildfires have burned more than 61,000 acres in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, with 0% containment on any

Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western Slope.

The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.

Spain is battling dozens of wildfires as extreme heat complicates firefighting efforts.As a result, the government sent an extra 500 soldiers from the military emergency unit to help with firefighting.

Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires. Calmer winds on Thursday have helped slow the blazes.

Fire officials are urging caution because circumstances are unlikely to improve soon, with much of the state facing dry conditions and no significant rainfall in the near-term forecast.