Haze Wafts over Colorado Mountain Towns From Wildfires Burning Within the State and Beyond

Haze wafts over Colorado mountain towns from wildfires burning within the state and beyond

A smoky haze wafted over parts of western Colorado on Thursday from wildfires burning in and around the state. The smoke is mainly from the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County and the Dragon Bravo Fire burning near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s smoke blog. The smoke impacts led officials to issue an air quality health advisory for Mesa County, where the Turner Gulch Fire has bur…

Fire crews report ‘pretty good news’ in efforts to contain largest wildfire burning in Colorado

Firefighters battling wildfires in southwestern Colorado have made progress in their efforts to contain the blazes. “I’ve got some pretty good news for us to share with you today,” said Rob Powell, the operations section chief for Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team 1, in a virtual briefing Tuesday on the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw fires. The Turner Gulch Fire, currently the largest wildfire in Colorado, had burned more than 16,800 acres —…