Fire grows to over 1,600 acres at Black Canyon of Gunnison
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KREX Grand Junction on MSNMultiple fire agencies battling the South Rim FirePlumes of smoke fill the sky on the eastern side of Montrose County. On Thursday around noon, two fires broke out at the north and south rims of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. With the South Rim being the bigger of the two being mapped at 1,
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KKCO 11 News on MSNTHE LATEST: Black Canyon South Rim Fire grows to more than 1,500 acres in just hoursThe South Rim Fire burned 1,640 acres as of 11:00 p.m. on Thursday according to the InciWeb. The fire started around 11:30 a.m. and was caused by a lightning strike. Evacuation orders went into effect around 1:00 p.
National Park Officials have closed the North Rim of the Grand Canyon as a wildfire burns near the town of Fredonia, about 4 miles south of the Arizona/Utah line.
A new wildfire was reported today at 6:43 p.m. in Tulare County, California. Park Fire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains unknown.
Firefighters held the “Park Fire” in Frazier Park to 3 acres Thursday night after a building fire spread to nearby vegetation.
Firefighters extinguished the so-called "Park Fire," which started as a building fire and spread to nearby vegetation on Thursday night in the Frazier Park area