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The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the ...
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco County has grown to more than 120,650 acres in just over a week, making it Colorado's fifth-largest wildfire on record.
New evacuations were called today in Garfield County, on the southern edge of the fire, close to Rifle. The fire is more than ...
Firefighters are comfortable saying the town of Meeker is safe from the Lee and Elk Fires, but they had to do some serious ...
Regarding the Elk Fire, crews are continuing to reinforce containment lines off of County Road 8 and in the Beaver Creek area ...
These scans are done from an aircraft 10,000 ft above ground. Thermal data is collected to detect hot spots within active ...
Five active wildfires — the Lee, Elk, Oak, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have charred more than 143,000 acres, or 222 square ...
New mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Lee fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning as the blaze grew nearly ...
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County has grown to the sixth largest in Colorado history, according to ...
Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee ...