Crews are still trying to fully knock down a fire that broke out in the Gamet Court neighborhood in east Rifle, Colorado River Fire Rescue Chief Leif Sackett said. Earlier today residents in the area,.
Monday s red flag warning from west of Glenwood Springs to the border of Colorado and Utah signaled continued gusty winds and dry air raising the danger of wildfires, and indeed a couple have have broken out near Parachute and Rifle. The weather was forecast to get drier and windier Tuesday.