On Friday at 5 p.m., evacuation orders that were put in place on County Road 309 located on Battlement Mesa will fall back into pre-evacuation status according to the Grand Valley Fire Protection District and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.

Colorado officials have ordered evacuations due to the Cottonwood Flat Fire burning in Garfield County.

The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch thousands of acres, fire officials said.