Western Slope Fire Wire

12/03/2025

12/03/2025

12/03/2025

***Update: The children have been safely located. This alert is cancelled***

🚨 Palisade Area 🚨

The Palisade Police Department is requesting that you be on the lookout for Sumer Townsend and her two children in the Town of Palisade area. Summer is believed to be on foot in the area of the Town of Palisade with her 8 and 4 year old daughters. Summer is described as 32 yo white female 5 ft 3 in with blonde hair and brown eyes. If you have any location information information related to these parties please call 911.

11/16/2025

It's not everyday that a report of a missing 7-year-old child gets upgraded to a child who stole a golf cart, and then turns into a full blown police pursuit heading into the next town, but that's what happened this morning, here in Mesa County, Colorado.

Many residents in the Palisade area received notifications from Mesa County 911 at around 8:40 am today, advising them to be on the lookout for a missing 7-year-old child, who was last seen driving away on a golf cart.

Thanks to numerous reports from the public, officers quickly located the boy driving westbound on D ½ Road. However, despite lights and sirens activated behind him, the boy continued driving. With numerous officers in tow, he led a pursuit into Clifton, even running a red light at one point, narrowly missing being involved in a collision with a car.

Officers eventually stopped the golf cart on 29 Road, near Patterson Road, when an officer jumped into the golf cart. The child was safely taken into police custody where he will be returned to his parents.

11/16/2025

***Update: Per Mesa County 911, the missing child from Palisade has been located. Thank you for your assistance.***

🚨 missing child in the Palisade (Mesa County) area 🚨

Message from Mesa County 911:

Please be on the lookout for a missing 7 year old child that was last seen in the area of Kluge Avenue and W First Street, possibly driving a golfcart. He is described as a white male with a thin build and 4 feet tall. He was last seen wearing a grey and blue striped shirt, blue pants, and lime green shoes. If you see someone matching this description, please call 911.

11/12/2025

*****Update, the BASE jumper was successfully rescued*****

A large scale search and rescue operation is currently underway in the Kane Creek area due to a BASE jumper incident; please avoid the area.

11/12/2025

11/09/2025

Major Fire Incident

Lehi, UT - Large new build apartment complex on fire. Smoke visible over 100 miles away.

📸 Photo by Brad J.

10/17/2025

Moab, UT - Reported possible structure fire on Plateau Circle.

Update: Units arriving on scene are advising it's a bonfire in the backyard. Responding units can cancel.

10/16/2025