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The Lee Fire near the town of Meeker in Rio Blanco County has grown to be the fifth-largest wildfire in state history as crews continued to battle fires in several parts of Colorado on Monday. Dry ...
The fire started early Monday afternoon in Rio Blanco County, adding to an already tense wildfire season in northwest ...
The Lee fire, burning in Rio Blanco County southwest of Meeker, has eclipsed the 2018 Spring Creek blaze as the fifth-largest ...
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. (KJCT) - Intense winds and triple-digit temperatures aid in the Lee Fires’ rapid growth. “We had increased winds on this fire, low reaches high temperatures, and along with ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -READY, SET, GO evacuation zones are currently in place for areas near the Lee and Elk Fires.
More than half a dozen wildfires continued to burn across Colorado Monday, including a new fire that sparked on Sunday ...
An embedded line medic from Eagle County shadows firefighters around the clock, ready to treat injuries during 14-day wildfire deployments ...
A wildfire burning in the western part of Colorado is now the 5th largest in our state's history. The Lee Fire in Rio Blanco ...
Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...
The Lee fire — raging southwest of Meeker, Colorado — grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to a social media post by the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office.
Two major wildfires are burning in Rio Blanco County. The Lee Fire, which grew over the weekend to more than 113,000 acres, ...
The Lee Fire has grown to over 116,000 acres, making it the fifth largest in state history. It’s also close to Meeker.