“When we arrived there were five men using fire extinguishers putting out the fire,” Rifle Fire Marshal Kevin Whelan said. The fire department received a call shortly before 8 p.m. about a small brush ...

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — A rapidly-growing brush fire that started in Garfield County Sunday night is now 70 percent contained. The Rifle Falls Fire was burning in juniper and pine near the ...

Eastbound I-70 was closed at exit 94 for the Garfield County Regional Airport, about two miles east of Rifle, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Assistance is being offered to the residents of a Rifle apartment building that caught fire over the weekend. A thick column of black smoke could be seen from miles around Rifle, rising into the air ...