Colorado, wildfires and Western Slope
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Deer Creek Fire grows to 14,760 acres
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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 fires varied in size but have already forced several evacuations and pre-evacuation notices, closed a national park, and the Deer Creek Fire near the Utah state line has already destroyed at least five buildings.
The Deer Creek fire burning in San Juan County is now 7% contained and has burnt about 12,906 acres, according to the latest information posted by the Utah Department of
The Deer Creek Fire broke out in Utah on Thursday. It’s already burned more than 10,000 acres, and it could be heading into Colorado.
The Bureau of Land Management released video of a swirling vortex of wind and flames that formed during the Deer Creek Fire near Old La Sal, Utah.
An interim wildfire mitigation committee met at the Colorado State Capitol on Tuesday to discuss efforts to protect the state from fire danger.