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Evacuations Ordered for Gateway Area in Western Colorado Due to Wildfires
MESA COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 13 – More than 190 firefighters are battling multiple lightning-sparked wildfires with no containment, while mandatory evacuations remain active in western Colorado's Mesa County.
- At 11:30 a.m. Monday, the Mesa County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order for properties between mile markers 124 and 128 along Highway 141, and Clifton Community Campus was named the evacuation center.
- In rugged terrain near Gateway, blazes sparked by lightning last Thursday are advancing, with two fires burning over 1,000 acres, Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit said.
- As of Sunday, July 13, 2025, the Sowbelly Fire had charred 2,251 acres with no containment, fire officials said; the South Rim fire has burned 3,556 acres in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, National Park Service said.
- The area has been fully evacuated and crews are working to protect homes and structures, according to the Montrose County Sheriff's Office.
- On Sunday, Gov. Jared Polis made a verbal disaster declaration allowing mobilization of state resources, and crews from state agencies will soon join the hundreds of firefighters on the ground in Montrose, Delta and Mesa counties.
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