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UPDATE: Evacuation order lifted at Cottonwood Creek fire

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

UPDATE 11 P.M.

Interstate 70 and Highway 6 have reopened in both directions in the Rulison area. According to WildCAD, the fire is now 83 acres.

UPDATE 9 P.M.

The evacuation order has been lifted, according to Watch Duty.

Interstate 70 westbound and both lanes of Highway 6 are closed between mile markers 75 and 87 from Parachute to West Rifle due to a Cottonwood Creek fire, according to a Garfield County alert.

An evacuation order is in place for the Rulison Area one mile east and west of 81, according to Watch Duty.

The evacuation center is at the Garfield County Fairgrounds.

Regan is a journalist for Aspen Public Radio’s Art's & Culture Desk. Regan moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in July 2024 for a job as a reporter at The Aspen Times. While she had never been to Colorado before moving for the job, Regan has now lived in ten different states due to growing up an Army brat. She considers Missouri home, and before moving West, she lived there and worked at a TV station.