A new wildfire west of Red Feathers Lakes has prompted mandatory evacuations for some residents in Larimer County Thursday.

Evacuations have been ordered in response to the Derby Fire in Eagle County, which sat at 839 acres, according to data released the morning of Aug. 20. Residents of Sweetwater Road and areas of the Colorado River Road from Sweetwater to Red Dirt Creek ...

The two fires are called the Derby Fire, located in Eagle County near Garfield County, and the La Plata Fire, located in Chaffee and Lake counties in the Pike-San Isabel National Forests.

After a series of hot, dry, sunny days, Eagle County’s fire danger levels are extremely high. The Lee Fire currently burning in Rio Blanco County has burned close to 120,000 acres, making it the