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Fire remains uncontained at Black Canyon of the Gunnison: Part of Blue Mesa Reservoir closed, damage reported
On Friday, the National Park Service announced that Blue Mesa Reservoir would be closed west of Middle Bridge to all boating ...
Wildfires Ravage Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
More than a week after lightning ignited wildfires, thousands of acres of Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ...
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Fire burning on 4,227 acres in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park starts to be contained
Initial assessments show that the visitor center and entrance booth survived the fire, but other buildings were destroyed or ...
Wildfire destroys campground, buildings in Colorado national park
The South Rim Fire burning inside Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has destroyed several structures and ...
Caters Clips on MSN18h
Lightning-Sparked Fire Ravages Black Canyon National Park
A lightning-sparked fire burning 4,227 acres in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is now 14% contained, with crews confident they’ve halted its spread. While key buildings like the visitor ...
South Rim Fire 14% contained, several buildings in Gunnison National Park heavily damaged
According to the National Park Service, the facility management building, the Western National Parks warehouse, the welding ...
Caters Clips on MSN19h
Wildfires Rage Across Colorado’s Black Canyon National Park
Two wildfires sparked by lightning have been burning on the North and South rims of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ...
The Colorado Sun16h
Crews start to contain some of the 5 wildfires burning in western Colorado amid ongoing dry conditions
The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained ...
The Grand Canyon fire has North Rim residents wary of the future
Drought, a warming climate and decades of firefighting policies that suppressed natural fires have turned many grasslands and ...
Colorado Public Radio11h
Rainy weather helps crews make progress on Western Slope fires, but also brings possibility of flash flooding in burn scars
An air-quality alert remains in effect until Saturday at 9 a.m. for Mesa and Montrose counties due to lingering wildfire ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel3h
Turner Gulch Fire now 34% contained; Highway 141 evacuations lifted
The Turner Gulch Fire near Gateway has reached 15,286 acres as of Friday afternoon, but firefighting personnel have contained ...
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Updates on South Rim Fire containment efforts
The fire has burned 4,227 acres of land. Stuart West, the Superintendent of the park, said only about 12% of the park has burned. However, he said the part that was burned included about 80% of the ...