Evacuations Ordered for Gateway Area in Western Colorado Due to Wildfires

Where are wildfires burning in Colorado? Here's what to know about the fires

The South Rim Fire and other western slope blazes led to three Colorado counties being declared disasters. See the latest map of the fires.

Evacuations ordered for Gateway area in western Colorado due to wildfires

Gateway residents ordered to evacuate

Residents of Gateway have been ordered to evacuate by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office due to actively growing wildfires in the region.

Updates: Wildfires burn over 1K acres in Mesa County

Fires continue burning in Black Canyon and near Gateway, Escalante Canyon

Several fires continue to burn in western Colorado, filling the region’s skies with smoke and prompting evacuations as well as a disaster declaration.

Wildfires Impacting Nearly 1 Million Acres Currently Burning Across Western U.S.

BOISE, ID – Wildfire activity remains high across much of the western United States, with 14 new large fires reported since Friday and 36 fires still uncontained, according to the latest update from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise. A total of 104 large wildfires are currently burning across 12 states, led by Alaska with 66 active fires. Other affected states include Oregon (7), Utah (5), Washington (4), California (4), Idaho…