South Rim Fire Engulfs Black Canyon
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The South Rim Fire, which was started by lightning Thursday, has burned 4,160 acres with no containment as of Wednesday morning.
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.
On July 13, a Hollywood Hills couple on a routine Sunday hike in Runyon Canyon took decisive action, apprehending a man they allege ignited a palm tree fire and capturing his apparent confession in a video that has since gone viral across social media.
Evacuations ordered in Montrose County, CO, due to the South Rim Fire, which has grown to 2,892 acres with 0% containment.
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We are continuing to track the fires all across western Colorado, with the South Rim Fire within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison seeing over 1,600 acres burned as of midnight this morning.