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310 Fire

Garfield County · Started Aug 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM · Updated 40m ago

603acres
19%contained
167personnel
Humancause
Aug 6discovered
Mapped perimeter as of Aug 8 from the National Interagency Fire Center

About this incident

Firefighters from multiple agencies are providing direct suppression actions to contain the 310 Fire located about 3.5 miles southeast of Parachute.

The fire is currently burning on private and public land and was reported Aug. 6 at approximately 12:30 p.m. As of approximately 10 a.m. the fire was mapped at 600 acres with no containment.

The cause of the fire is unknown.