Aggressive wind gusts on Thursday afternoon caused the rapid expansion of wildfires across Western Colorado. As of Friday morning, many fires are left blazing and releasing smoke into the atmosphere. Much of that smoke is smothering local communities and diminishing the air quality across the region.

More than a dozen fires are creating heavy smoke, with more lightning and gusty winds expected for parts of the Western Slope Friday.

Wildfires continue to plague the Western Slope as crews are tackling several blazes on CO Highway 141 near Gateway. Two of the fires, Wright Draw and Turner

Three wildfires were likely to blame for the smoky conditions late Thursday and early Friday across Southwest Colorado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. One of those fires

A wildfire sparked Thursday afternoon in San Juan County prompted evacuations in the community of La Sal and was burning 4,000 acres.

We are continuing to track the fires all across western Colorado, with the South Rim Fire within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison seeing over 1,600 acres burned as of midnight this morning.

The Roaring Fork Valley was notably smoky on Thursday, prompting alerts from both Pitkin and Eagle counties.  The source of the smoke, however, were fires in southern Utah and a fire in Colorado’s Black

A fire on Colorado State University property damaged multiple sheds storing the Logging team’s equipment, according to Poudre Fire Authority (PFA).