MORRISON, Colo. — A small brush fire in Jefferson County on Wednesday was started when a bird hit overhead power lines, according to West Metro Fire Rescue. The department posted at 3:03 p.m.

In the past two months, Colorado's Front Range has been the scene of three bird combustions resulting in wildfires. The Quail Hollow wildfire was blamed on the flaming carcasses of electrocuted birds.

DENVER — Flaming Bird Carcasses is going to be a great band name. For the third time this summer, birds on electrical lines have burst into flames, fallen to the ground and started a wildfire. Yet ...

In the past two months alone, the flaming carcasses of electrocuted birds have ignited at least three wildfires in Colorado. While the phenomenon sounds straight out of a cartoon, it's actually more ...