Cooler weather helps slow spread of Western Slope wildfires, including South Rim fire

Western Slope wildfire smoke turns the sky orange
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Firefighting aircraft parked outside a hangar at the Montrose, Colorado, airport, 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, Colorado, and the Utah border.

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