Colorado River Fire Rescue
June 23, 2026, 4:34 p.m. – The UCR Type 3 Incident Management Team has been ordered. ICP Location is being established. Additional air resources have been ordered including, two large air tankers, two helicopters, and Air Attack.
June 23, 2026, 4:27 p.m. – The fire has jumped County Road 319. Additional mutual aid resources have been requested by Incident Command.
June 23, 2026, 4 p.m. – Evacuation updates:
- Grass Mesa Rd. north of Gage Rd.
- Sunset Lane
- Gage Rd north of mile marker 1
- ALL evacuees can go to the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle.
- Additional air tankers and two IA crews have been ordered.
June 23, 2026, 3:27 p.m. – Crews are responding to a reported structure fire south of Rifle on Gage Road. Additional structures and gas infrastructures are threatened. Air resources, mutual aid, and interagency resources have also been ordered.
Please avoid the area and give emergency responders room to work. Use caution if traveling nearby and watch for emergency vehicles.
More information will be shared as it becomes available.
Colorado River Fire Rescue
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Garfield County Sheriff’s Office
June 23, 2026, 3:48 p.m. – Fire in the Grass Mesa area on Gage Road in Rifle. Some neighborhoods are being evacuated. Please stay clear of the area.