Governor Polis Takes Action in Response to Gageby Creek Fire in Bent County

DENVER -  Governor Polis issued an Executive Order in response to the Gageby Creek Fire in Bent County. The Executive Order memorializes his verbal disaster declaration and the activation of the State Emergency Operations Plan on April 20. The Executive Order allocates $340,000 from the Disaster Emergency Fund for costs associated with the State’s fire suppression, response, consequence management, mitigation, and recovery efforts. The fire was 100% contained on April 28.