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Significant progress was made to contain and control the Elk and Lee Fires in Rio Blanco County near Meeker over the weekend.
Four wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed more than 250 square miles, threatened hundreds of homes and forced ...
Nearing 137,500 burned, the Lee Fire is now at 42% containment. A few miles away, the Elk Fire is now fully contained.
Firefighters were able to increase containment to 42% Saturday, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident ...
Fire crews have started getting a handle on the Lee Fire just as its size approaches the 4th largest wildfire in Colorado history.
The Elk Fire in Rio Blanco County, as of Saturday, has now been 100% contained, said the incident management team for the ...
The Elk Fire is now fully contained as crews continue to make progress on the much larger Lee Fire, which has burned 137,465 ...
A new fire in Rio Blanco County near its border with Routt County is burning 300 acres near Crosho Lake and has prompted ...
Rio Blanco County is grappling with yet another fire this morning. It's called the Yellowjacket Fire and is burning ...
The Yellowjacket Fire started Friday northeast of Meeker, in the same area as the Lee and Elk fires.