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Smoke was seen wafting from a https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/black-smoke-fire-denver-metro-area-thornton/ 10-acre grass fire which sparked evacuations in Thornton, Colorado, on Wednesday, February 25. Ryan Matoush shared this footage to X of what he described as a 'chaotic scene' at the Regis University campus, down the road from the https://x.com/ThorntonPolice/status/2026735449520361540 blaze at 84th and Huron . 'Ash flying through the air. Winds are chaotic with lots of shifting,' he https://x.com/RyanMatoushWX/status/2026738100203041060 wrote . 'The building started to smell like smoke and eventually they canceled classes and sent us home,' Matoush told Storyful. Thornton Police Dept https://x.com/ThorntonPolice/status/2026735449520361540 said Pinnacle High School and nearby businesses were evacuated due to the blaze and multiple roads were closed. Locals were also advised to avoid the area. According to https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/black-smoke-fire-denver-metro-area-thornton/ news reports , five people suffered minor injuries due to the fire, which was https://x.com/ThorntonFire/status/2026766014076129677 put out by about 5 pm . (Footage by Ryan Matoush/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)