{"id":2449486,"date":"2019-10-03T18:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T00:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=313835"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T00:43:55","slug":"i-70-closed-near-edwards-due-to-fire-in-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/i-70-closed-near-edwards-due-to-fire-in-area\/","title":{"rendered":"I-70 closed near Edwards due to fire in area"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/8BCD017D-FEE4-4719-BA30-C859FDF539B2-1024x700-1024x700.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/8BCD017D-FEE4-4719-BA30-C859FDF539B2-1024x700.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/8BCD017D-FEE4-4719-BA30-C859FDF539B2-1024x700-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/8BCD017D-FEE4-4719-BA30-C859FDF539B2-1024x700-768x525.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>View of the fire from Vail Valley Academy of Dance.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy of Patrick Cassidy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>I-70 EB at Wolcott MM 157 and WB at Avon MM 167&nbsp;are currently closed outside Edwards due to a wildland fire that sparked around 5:26 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews arrived quickly to contain the blaze, which had spread to 4 acres as of 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the red flag warning and the wind, we\u2019re not surprised that a spark would spread quickly. Luckily we crews were able to be on the scene almost immediately,\u201d said Tracy Leclair of the Eagle River Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke is still visible from the highway. Please use caution and avoid the area if possible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>This story will be updated as more information arrives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/i-70-closed-near-edwards-due-to-fire-in-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View of the fire from Vail Valley Academy of Dance.Courtesy of Patrick Cassidy I-70 EB at Wolcott MM 157 and WB at Avon MM 167&nbsp;are currently closed outside Edwards due to a wildland fire that sparked around 5:26 p.m. Emergency crews arrived quickly to contain the blaze, which had spread to 4 acres as of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2449486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 18:31:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}