Evacuation orders for a wildfire that sparked in western Colorado near Carbondale in Garfield County have been lifted.

Officials announced around 6 p.m. Sunday that evacuation orders had been lifted for the Coulter Creek fire, which is currently estimated at 115 acres with 0% containment. County Road 113 will remain closed between County Road 100 and County Road 121.

The blaze grew north of Panorama Drive below the Ranch at Coulter Creek subdivision Sunday afternoon. Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District were first called at 11:04 a.m. to a wildland fire in the Missouri Heights area, according to a news release.

"Upon arrival," officials said, "firefighters found an active fire burning in grass, pinyon, juniper, and sage moving at a fast rate of spread."

"Crews immediately began

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