FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — Highway 50 was closed in both directions on Wednesday afternoon, 10 miles west of Cañon City, after a semi-truck caught on fire and spread to the grass, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).
According to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, the fire is under control. At this time, it is unclear how it started.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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Southern Colorado communities are being evacuated as a wildfire explodes
Neighborhoods and the Town of Beulah have been evacuated after a wildfire burning along Highway 165 has exploded in size.
Southern Colorado communities are being evacuated as a wildfire explodes
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