The 20,357 acre Badger Creek wildfire is located in Albany County, Wyoming, just north of the Colorado State Line, approximately 38 miles southwest of Laramie. read more
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - There is a lot of smoke in the air, but no fire in Colorado so far. The Custer and Fremont County Sheriff's offices received dozens of calls from citizens about the smoke in the air, but they have not seen any fire. The Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Springs Police Department and Colorado Springs Fire Department also report no fire sightings. read more
Public Health Department Issues Air Advisory Because of the smoke, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Regional Air Quality Council have issued an Action Day Alert for the Front Range Urban Corridor from El Paso County north to Larimer and Weld counties, including the Denver-Boulder area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Greeley. read more
"Our winds are coming out of the north so it's pulling in the smoke from these wildfires in Wyoming," said 7NEWS Meteorologist Maureen McCann. 7NEWS has received calls from all over the metro area and from northern and eastern Colorado with people reporting that they were seeing and smelling the heavy smoke. read more
Overnight, smoke may drain to lower lying areas and bring light to moderate smoke concentrations to locations immediately below the fire. The 15,720 acre Trail Mountain wildfire is located in central Utah, approximately 145 miles west of Grand Junction, Colorado. read more