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Air quality alerts go out as Western Slope is swathed in fires

Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs. —AMY HADDEN MARSH PHOTO

RBC | The Grizzly Creek Fire is burning in the White River National Forest near Glenwood Springs and has closed I-70 indefinitely. Smoke from this blaze, and the Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction, are affecting air quality in Rio Blanco County.

With one of the largest wildfires in the country burning north of Grand Junction, and a new fire in Glenwood Canyon, local air…