Dry conditions prevailed statewide over the weekend, and kept firefighters busy, especially on the western slope…
(Garfield Co Fire :29)
A fire burning east of Parachute in Garfield County destroyed one home. By late last night, it had burned across about a hundred acres south of I-70, with no containment reported. First responders evacuated some homes east of Parachute, but let those residents go back home last evening. Containment is up to 30% on the “Iron Fire,” burning northwest of Craig, in Moffat County. That one’s consumed more than 7300 acres, about 11 square miles, since Friday. The Sheriff’s office there says it’s threatening 6 buildings, but there’d been no evacuations as of late last night.