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Fire officials are hosting a meeting on the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw fires at the Gateway Community Center on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The meeting will be live-streamed on the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw Fire Facebook page.
Multiple resources from across the state, including a local Colorado Springs Fire Department crew, have responded to the Colorado Western Slope as wildfires continue to burn without containment.
The Turner Gulch Fire in Unaweep Canyon northeast of Gateway grew another 5,000 acres between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, burning 13,984 acres south of Colorado State Highway 141.
Yet more residents of Gateway have been ordered to evacuate from the area, according to a press release issued by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.
She and her family live along Highway 141 in Unaweep Canyon, which stretches from Whitewater to Gateway. Her home is in the evacuation zone for the Turner Gulch Fire, which has grown to nearly 14,000 acres — more than 20 square miles — as of Wednesday morning.
Crews are battling the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw fires near Gateway in Mesa County. Evacuations are in place.
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KKCO 11 News on MSNGJFD helps BLM in fighting Turner Gulch FireThe Grand Junction Fire Department (GJFD) helped the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in fighting the Turner Gulch Fire near Gateway.