The fire prompted evacuations Monday afternoon in the area of Highway 287 and Dillon Road, north of Broomfield.

The department posted on X that multiple fires were burning near north bound I-25 between the Nevada and Cimmaron exits.

As of Tuesday, multiple wildfires have burned more than 22,000 acres on Colorado's Western Slope. Crews are making progress on containment on the fires, which are burning in Mesa, Delta and Montrose ...