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

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.

The Turner Gulch Fire has burned 31,699 acres and is 80% contained. The Bureau of Land Management has reopened land north of Hwy 141 near Gateway, CO., and areas south of the highway remain closed to public access until the Turner Gulch Fire is contained, according to fire officials.

According to Inciweb, the Derby Fire is now 2,625 acres with 0% containment on Thursday morning. Evacuations have taken effect and residents of Sweetwater Road and areas of the Colorado River Road from Sweetwater to Red Dirt Creek were ordered to be out of ...

The Derby Fire burning in rugged terrain in the northwest corner of ... This closure affects BLM lands north and west of the town of Gypsum, Colorado, that are north of Coffee Pot Road; west of the Colorado River; east of the White River National Forest ...

This story was updated at 9:35 a.m. with new information from a morning report The Derby Fire, located north of Dotsero in White River National Forest grew to 839 acres Tuesday evening,

The Derby Fire burning in the northwestern corner of Eagle County is estimated at approximately 100 acres and growing, according to a Tuesday evening update from the U.S. Forest Service. With temperatures on Tuesday