The fifth largest wildfire in Colorado history is likely to see hot and dry conditions ahead, complicating efforts at containing the Lee Fire, burning between Meeker and Rifle. Hundreds of people ...

The Lee fire south of Meeker in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties grew more stable on Thursday, reaching 73% containment while producing visible smoke columns from hot interior pockets, according to ...

Multiple wildfires are burning across the state, some growing to historic size and causing evacuation orders along the Western Slope. Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency Friday as dangerous ...

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — Crews fighting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County have made progress toward containment. On Sunday, the FDNY Incident Management Team said the fire had burned 137,758 acres ...

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 state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

MOFFAT COUNTY, Colo. — The Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco has grown to more than 130,000 acres, making it Colorado's fifth-largest wildfire on record and highlighting a dramatic shift in the state's ...

The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing containment to 12% as of Friday morning, the highest yet in the fight against ...

Update: The Lee Fire has now grown to be the 5th largest wildfire in state history. Follow the latest updates here. DENVER (KDVR) — One of the fires burning now more than 100,000 acres in Rio Blanco ...

The Lee fire in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, west of Meeker had its total-acres-burned downsized below 138,000 acres to 137,758 according to Wednesday's update, making it the fifth largest wildfire in ...

The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County have reached over 120,000 combined acres as of Sunday morning, with winds from the northwest pushing the larger of the two fires to the south and east, ...