Nearing 137,500 burned, the Lee Fire is now at 42% containment. A few miles away, the Elk Fire is now fully contained.

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 ...

Fire crews have started getting a handle on the Lee Fire just as its size approaches the 4th largest wildfire in Colorado ...

The Crosho Fire was 8% contained at 2,037 acres Monday morning, according to a news release from the Wyoming Type 3 Incident ...

Reppenhagen said hot conditions and dry lightning helped spark, then grow, the Lee Fire, and heat is making it hard to cool off this fire. "As soon as the heat starts to build, 11:00, noon, you can ...

The Elk Fire is now fully contained as crews continue to make progress on the much larger Lee Fire, which has burned 137,465 ...

The Crosho Fire, west of Phippsburg and Yampa, has burned 2004 acres and is 5% contained as of Sunday morning, according to ...

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Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado's rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive ...

Officials announced Saturday that the lightning-sparked Elk Fire, first reported on Aug. 2, 11 miles southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, is fully contained.