Interstate 70 reopened near Wolcott after a wildfire closed the highway in both directions for three hours Wednesday night, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
All lanes of eastbound I-70 are open and all but one lane of westbound I-70 are open,
The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office posted about the on Facebook just after 5 p.m. Evacuations that were ordered for people living near Red Canyon and Horn Ranch north of the highway, between I-70 mile markers 151 and 154, were downgraded to pre-evacuations at 9 p.m., according to the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit’s Facebook .
A firefighting helicopter arrived at the fire by 5:45 p.m. Sheriff’s officials did not say what started the fire.
Fire officials initially said the 10-acre fire is burning four miles west of Wolcott was “quickly advancing,” but crews managed to stop forward progress by 8 p.m., the fire management unit
There were additional engines, a hotshot crew and aircraft en route to the fire Wednesday evening.
