Gunnison, Grand Canyon and South Rim Fire
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Crews were able to get 100% containment Friday on the Mountain View Fire burning in southwestern Colorado. The wildfire burned two homes on Thursday. Crews will continue to target hot spots. The fire burned 60 acres in both Chaffee and Lake counties and prompted mandatory evacuations after it was sparked by lightning.
Three wildfires were likely to blame for the smoky conditions late Thursday and early Friday across Southwest Colorado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. One of those fires
The Roaring Fork Valley was notably smoky on Thursday, prompting alerts from both Pitkin and Eagle counties. The source of the smoke, however, were fires in southern Utah and a fire in Colorado’s Black
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The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office says mandatory evacuations that were ordered soon after fire's ignition remain in place. The fire was named the Mountain View Fire. It started in the middle of the day and by dusk it had grown to about 60 acres.
We are continuing to track the fires all across western Colorado, with the South Rim Fire within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison seeing over 1,600 acres burned as of midnight this morning.
A fire on Colorado State University property damaged multiple sheds storing the Logging team’s equipment, according to Poudre Fire Authority (PFA).
One county in Colorado is rolling out a new wildfire management program that will provide coverage seven days a week -- the first time Jefferson County has ever offered that level of protection.The program comes as the county faces some of the highest wildfire risks in the state.
First responders from Colorado are heading to Texas to help with search and recovery efforts after devastating floods hit this weekend, killing more than 100 people. Colorado Task Force 1 consists of