South Metro officials said the fire is moving southwest at “a moderate rate” in heavy timber, brush and shrub oak.

The fire was approximately 5 acres as of around 3 p.m. was moving to the southwest "at a moderate rate of spread in heavy timber, brush and shrub oak," according to South Metro Fire Rescue, which wen...

Crews are fighting five western slope blazes, including one at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. See the latest map of the Colorado fires.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has verbally made a disaster declaration as several wildfires rip through more than 10,000 acres on the Western Slope and in Utah near the Colorado border.