Derby fire prompts evacuation notice
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The Turner Gulch Fire has burned 31,699 acres and is 80% contained. The Bureau of Land Management has reopened land north of Hwy 141 near Gateway, CO., and areas south of the highway remain closed to public access until the Turner Gulch Fire is contained, according to fire officials.
Evacuations have been ordered in response to the Derby Fire in Eagle County, which sat at 839 acres, according to data released the morning of Aug. 20. Residents of Sweetwater Road and areas of the Colorado River Road from Sweetwater to Red Dirt Creek ...