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The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch thousands of acres, fire officials said.
A restriction on boating on the western side of Blue Mesa Reservoir, where just days ago massive firefighting planes scooped up tons of water to fight the South Rim fire, has been lifted as crews reach more containment of the South Rim fire.
In a case of bad timing, a helicopter purchased by the state for the specific purpose of fighting wildfires has been taken out of service in the middle of the summer fire season.
As firefighters continue to increase the level of containment, investigators say they have identified a suspect for the 17,000-acre Deer Creek Fire.
A brush fire was reported Tuesday afternoon in Douglas County, just a few miles from fires that broke out Sunday that forced the evacuations of the town of Louviers.
At just over 12,900 acres, the fire is bigger than all the other western slope fires combined and is one of several fires that prompted Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to issue a disaster declaration on Sunday.
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Colorado officials have ordered evacuations due to a fire burning in Garfield County. The Garfield County Emergency Community Relations Authority issued an alert around 3:22 p.m. Thursday directing all residents within one mile of 1800 County Road 309 to evacuate. The area is just north of the town of Parachute.