Resident Thanks 'Heroes' Battling Grizzly Creek Fire, I-70 Remains Closed
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.
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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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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.
The city of Denver wants to hear from the neighbors of the Central 70 Project about the possibility of noisy nights. Kiewit Infrastructure Company has asked for a variance for nighttime work through 2022.
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.
The Colorado Department of Transportation reopened Interstate 70 along the Central 70 Project a little ahead of schedule.
The closures come as crews continue work on the Central 70 Project, which includes the reconstruction of a 10-mile stretch of I-70 and demolition of a 56-year-old viaduct between Brighton and Colorado Boulevards.
The closures come as crews continue work on the Central 70 Project, which includes the reconstruction of a 10-mile stretch of I-70 and demolition of a 56-year-old viaduct between Brighton and Colorado Boulevards.
The closures come as crews continue work on the Central 70 Project, which includes the reconstruction of a 10-mile stretch of I-70 and demolition of a 56-year-old viaduct between Brighton and Colorado Boulevards.
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