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NEBO — Firefighters worked throughout the Christmas weekend to secure firelines on the Lost Cove Fire burning in the Wilson Creek area on the US Forest Service Grandfather Ranger District

UPDATE: Dec. 26, 10:10 a.m.

Even though wildfire danger is high surrounding Rocky Mountain National Park, don’t panic if you see smoke coming from that area on Monday. That’s because fire managers will be in the area of Upper Bear Lake Road.

Allegations under review are substantiated, we will act. well, congress has wanted to act now. weve been mentioning this bill that passed the house that would make it easier for the v.a. to fire managers brought up yesterday in the senate. but the chairman of the v.a. committee objected saying lets not politicize this. the white house says it agrees with this bill and its call for accountability although it does worry it could lead to lawsuits if some of the process of firings is removed. bottom...

Its moving deeper threatening thousands of homes. nbcs miguel almaguer brings us a unique perspective 10,000 feet above the fire. >> reporter: this fire is 230,000 miles bigger than the city of the city of chicago. all along we can see spot fires. theres no doubt this fire is growing and certainly quickly on the move. you can see from the fuel load down here, there is just hundreds of thousands of acres that could still burn. the dc-10 is one of the biggest assets the crews have on the ground. i...

Is key as fire crews on the rs.und radio the water dropping >> we have a bunch -- we would look you to kill. >> reporter: and the pilots make precise drop time and time again. now for the first time since 2008, the national preparedness level has been raised t the highest level, five. thanks to the intense fire activity in idaho, utah, montana, california, and oregon. widespread lightning sparked several fires including this blaze in the sequoia national forest. >> right now -- its anybodys gues...