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Grizzly Creek Fire Grows To 27,000 Acres, Crews Hope To Have It Contained In 2 Weeks
On Tuesday, officials said the fire was estimated to be 27,000 acres with 0% containment.
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On Tuesday, officials said the fire was estimated to be 27,000 acres with 0% containment.
New photos released by officials involved in the fight against the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon show some minor damage to Interstate 70.
It's been a week since the Grizzly Creek Fire started in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon, and the fire remains one of the nation's top firefighting priorities.
Rangers with the U.S. Forest Service called a halt to travel along an unpaved mountain road Friday as would-be Interstate 70 travelers, frustrated by the highway's closure since Monday due to the Grizzly Creek Fire, tried to make their own way through Colorado's wilderness.
Highway 82 over Independence Pass reopened on Friday evening to vehicles only, no semis. The pass was closed earlier this week as people were using it as a detour around the Interstate 70 closure due to the Grizzly Creek Fire.
Colorado transportation officials on Friday strongly suggested that getting up into the mountains this weekend is a bad idea.
The 14,663-acre Grizzly Creek Fire has torn through new areas of Glenwood Canyon as firefighters launch new attacks to try and handle it.
A year that has already been devastating to businesses got even worse in Glenwood Springs and the entire Roaring Fork Valley when the Grizzly Creek Fire shut down Interstate 70 on Monday.
The Grizzly Creek Fire burning near Glenwood Springs was unofficially started by a popped tire, sparks from a rim or dragging chains, according to the Eagle County Sheriff's Office.
The Colorado Department of Transportation announced the closure of Highway 82 over Independence Pass on Wednesday afternoon due to heavy traffic and safety concerns.
A whitewater rafting company in western Colorado started what it thought would be an ordinary day of operations on Monday, but the Grizzly Creek Fire submerged those plans.
The Grizzly Creek Fire has burned about 1,300 acres in Garfield County near Glenwood Springs and closed both directions of I-70.
Golden firefighters responded to an RV fire on Interstate 70 Sunday morning.
Drivers using Interstate 70 in Jefferson County might see up to half-hour delays on Saturday.
All traffic on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs was closed for hours Wednesday afternoon because of a wildfire.
A semi-trailer caught fire while traveling on Interstate 70 in Wheat Ridge Wednesday afternoon.
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Firefighters are working on a new wildland fire burning near Palisade.
Traffic heading into Colorado's high country was slow-going Saturday morning following a crash on Interstate 70.
The four-car crash shut down lanes of traffic for the morning commute.
A crash early Thursday morning involving four cars caused traffic backups on Interstate 70 near the Denver-Aurora border.
A semi fire caused a large amount of traffic backup heading east on Interstate 70 near Empire Junction.
Travelers along Interstate 70 will have some delays next week at the Eisenhower Tunnel. There will also be lane closures while the fire suppression system is tested.
Interstate 70 reopened in Glenwood Canyon on Wednesday afternoon after both directions were closed due to a fire.
A portion of Interstate 70 was closed for hours and evacuations ordered on Tuesday as crews rushed to put out a wildfire. The fire burned less than 100 acres and no structures were lost.
A Flight For Life medical helicopter was left where it landed Friday near St. Mary's Glacier after damage was found on its tail rotor.
A 72-year-old man killed a grizzly bear in Flathead County, Montana after it attacked him while he was out picking berries.
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The Adams County Sheriff's Office says deputies seized 39 birds, 32 of them roosters, from a property off Hudson Road in Watkins.
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A Flight For Life medical helicopter was left where it landed Friday near St. Mary's Glacier after damage was found on its tail rotor.
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