Crews are preventing a 60-acre wildfire simply west of Fruita that has closed one lane of westbound Interstate 70, in accordance with native companies and the Colorado Division of Transportation.
The McDonald Creek fireplace is burning close to mile marker 3 alongside I-70, the Higher Colorado River Interagency Fireplace Administration Unit stated in a Facebook update simply after 3 p.m. Crews from the company, together with Decrease Valley Fireplace District and Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace are working to suppress the hearth.
The appropriate lane of westbound I-70 is closed from exit 2 to exit 11 because of fireplace exercise, in accordance with an replace from CDOT posted at 3:29 p.m. Slower speeds are suggested within the space.
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