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Colorado wildfires: Cottonwood Flat fire forces evacuations near Rifle
The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch ...
Map shows smoke over almost all of Colorado: What to know amid air quality alerts
A smoke map from NOAA shows Colorado will be almost entirely covered with smoke on Thursday as wildfires burn thousands of ...
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Why is it so hazy in Colorado? Smoke from multiple wildfires wafts toward I-70 corridor
A haze of smoke from wildfires burning in Colorado wafted into counties along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor on ...
South Rim Fire in western Colorado continues to grow; community meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening
On July 10, lightning strikes ignited fires on both the north and south rims of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, leading to the entire park’s evacuation. Hot weather, gusty winds and ...
Wildfires ignite in Douglas County, add to damage from western slope blazes
At least four uncontained wildfires burning across Colorado’s western slope on Sunday, which together have destroyed ...
Colorado officials approve $1.9 billion wildfire mitigation plan
An interim wildfire mitigation committee met at the Colorado State Capitol on Tuesday to discuss efforts to protect the state from fire danger.
Turner Gulch Fire in western Colorado explodes in size, remains 0 percent contained as evacuation orders expand
M ESA COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - As wildfires continue to consume acreage in western Colorado, officials say one of the blazes has exploded in size, ballooning from about 1,400 acres Monday to more than 8 ...
PHOTOS: Inside the Turner Gulch fire burn zone, Colorado’s largest active wildfire
The largest wildfire burning in Colorado, the Turner Gulch fire, had scorched 13,984 acres of Mesa County as of Wednesday night, fire officials said. That’s more than half the burn area from all ...