Mudslides Force More Than 100 to Spend Night on Highway

Equipment works to clear mud and debris from a mudslide on Interstate-70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colo., on July 30, 2021. Colorado Department of Transportation via AP

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.—More than 100 people had to spend the night on a highway, including nearly 30 who took refuge in a tunnel, after rain over an area burned by a wildfire once again triggered mudslides in western Colorado, authorities said Friday.

The people were caught with their vehicles on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon on Thursday night. Those in the tunnel were stuck for about nine hours until crews could carve out a path through the mud to reach them at about 6:30 a.m. Friday, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Walt Stowe said.