New Wildfire Prompts Evacuations in Western Colorado

Fire near I-70 prompts evacuation notice in Colorado with locals asked to limit water use

Residents of the Battlement Mesa area in Colorado have been asked to conserve water use through at least July 20 due to recent wildfire activity in the area, with the local service association requesting that those in the impacted area…

New wildfire prompts evacuations in western Colorado

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Amid a week of spreading wildfires and evacuation orders issued across Colorado, a new fire has broken out – this one

U.S. Highway 6 closed between Parachute and Rulison due to vegetation fire

A fast-moving vegetation fire has prompted the closure of U.S. Highway 6 between mile-markers 77 and 83, from Parachute to Rulison. Evacuation orders have been issued for anyone within a 2-mile radius of the fire. As of approximately 6 p.m. Thursday, the fire is estimated to have burned roughly 300 acres, according to Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Walt Stowe. Deputies were first dispatched around 2:40 p.m. to what w…

New wildfire prompts evacuation orders in western Colorado

The Cottonwood Fire is one of several wildfires burning across Colorado.

Cottonwood Flat Fire starts in Battlement Mesa; Evacuations ordered

UPDATE: Highway 6 between Mile Point 76 and Mile Point 82 has been closed in both directions due to fire activity. Travelers should expect delays. GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — At 3:02 p.m., Cottonwood Fire started near the 1800 Block of County Road in Battlement Mesa. The vegetation fire, visible on I-70 between Parachute and Rulison, has grown up to two acres. It is spreading to the east along County Road 309. Evacuations have been put in pl…

Evacuations ordered for fire near I-70 in Garfield County as it grows to over 300 acres

DENVER (KDVR) — A new vegetation fire, dubbed the Cottonwood Flat Fire, sparked in Garfield County on Thursday afternoon, officials reported, spurring evacuations in the area. The Grand Valley Fire Protection District reported that the fire was in the 1800 block of County Road 309 and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office sent alerts to residents within a mile of the blaze, requesting that they evacuate. At 4:38 p.m., the Garfield County Emergenc…