Over 30,000 acres burnt in Western Colorado fires
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A haze of smoke from wildfires burning in Colorado wafted into counties along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor on Wednesday, prompting an air quality health advisory. The smoke is from four wildfires burning in
The largest wildfire burning in Colorado, the Turner Gulch fire, had scorched 15,071 acres in Mesa County as of Thursday morning, fire officials said. That's more than half the burn area from all the wildfires active on Colorado's Western Slope combined.
With large wildfires continuing to burn in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis on Sunday issued a disaster declaration for fires burning in Montrose, Delta and Mesa counties. More than a dozen wildfires were burning on
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KREX Grand Junction on MSNGateway fires force more pre-evacuation ordersThe two wildfires near Gateway continue to grow as crews stay steadfast in battling the fires. According to the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management
Evacuation notices were given out over the weekend near Gateway and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison after a lightning storm ignited three wildfires in Western Colorado.