Updated on Sept. 8 at 2:15 p.m.: A wildfire just west of Fruita that closed one lane of westbound Interstate 70 has been contained at 80 acres, according to WildCAD, a computer-aided dispatch system used by wildland fire agencies overseen by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire.
CDOT reported Interstate 70 was operating as normal in the area as of Friday afternoon.
Original reporting: Crews are fighting a 60-acre wildfire just west of Fruita that has closed one lane of westbound Interstate 70, according to local agencies and the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The McDonald Creek fire was burning near mile marker 3 along I-70, the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit said in a Facebook update just after 3 p.m. Thursday. Crews from the agency, along with Lower Valley Fire District and Mesa County Sheriff’s Office worked to suppress the fire.
The right lane of westbound I-70 was closed from exit 2 to exit 11 due to fire activity, according to an update CDOT posted at 3:29 p.m. Thursday.
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