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Cooler weather helps slow spread of Western Slope wildfires, including South Rim fire
Favorable weather helped crews gain ground, but the area remains packed with dry vegetation ready to fuel multiple wildfires.
The Colorado Sun2d
Hundreds of firefighters descend on Colorado as multiple wildfires grow
Hot, dry and windy conditions in western Colorado have officials looking at long-term plans to fight numerous fires ...
Lightning-sparked wildfires burning on more than 400 acres of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Multiple aircraft are fighting the fire and a federal incident management team is set to take command of the fire first thing ...
Colorado Public Radio1d
South Rim Fire now over 4,000 acres with zero containment, Black Canyon of the Gunnison remains closed
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park remains evacuated and closed due to the South Rim Fire, which grew to nearly 4 ...
SummitDaily.com1d
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 forces evacuations near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
About 140 miles west, the South Rim fire burning in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park grew to 1,640 acres and forced ...
Colorado State Patrol called to help with wildfire evacuation in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
The Colorado State Patrol has been called to help evacuate the campgrounds at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park ...
Wildfire in Black Canyon of the Gunnison continues to grow
MONTROSE, Colo. — Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in southwestern Colorado is closed due to wildfires, the park ...
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 ...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park remains closed as Colorado's South Rim Fire burns without containment
A wildfire that's burning in the southern part of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has grown to more than 1,600 ...