Dry weather continues to stoke fires in southwest Colorado

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Western Slope wildfire smoke turns the sky orange
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News
A POW-MIA flag, and an American flag, wave in the breeze above the Cimarron, Colorado, Post Office south of Montrose, as wildfire smoke turns the sky a brownish orange in the late afternoon, July 14, 2025. Wildfires are burning at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and near Gateway, Colorad