Evacuations lifted after brush fire in Garfield County

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — An evacuation order has been lifted after a brush fire in Glenwood Springs Saturday. 

The Garfield County Sheriff's Office said on social media at around 2 p.m. that there was a brush fire in West Glenwood Springs with structures threatened. 

"Active flames and smoke visible," the post read. 

The Mountain Shadows Fire is estimated at 4.5 acres. The Glenwood Springs Fire Department said several agencies were responding to the fire, and a helicopter was making drops. 

The sheriff's office told people living in the Mountain Shadows subdivision and those north of Donegan Road to evacuate immediately Saturday afternoon. They tweeted just after 5 p.m. that the evacuations had been lifted. 

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