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Colorado wildfires: New evacuation order in Lee Fire Saturday morning as blaze approaches 90,000 acres
More than 140,000 acres of land have burned in separate wildfires in Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, ...
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Friday Update: Rio Blanco fires reach over 75,000 acres combined; Meeker evacuation orders downgraded
: Just after 5 p.m. Friday, a new Evacuation zone was created – 64 has been separated and created a new zone 65. Zone 65 is ...
Colorado wildfires: Pre-evacuation lifted for Meeker, surrounding area burned by Elk and Lee fires
Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee ...
New evacuation ordered for Lee Fire in western Colorado
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation due to the Lee Fire. Zone ...
Lee Fire in Western Colorado gains 27,000 acres overnight, new evacuations ordered
The Lee Fire burning in Western Colorado has begun racing south after winds shifted away from the town of Meeker on Friday, ...
When Colorado wildfires threatened this Western Slope town, neighbors showed up for each other
When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The ...
2 Colorado wildfires grow significantly. See latest news and map of the blazes
Colorado's wildfires have grown to more than 75,000 acres in Rio Blanco County. See the latest on the Lee and Elk fires and a ...
Colorado community gives back to firefighters on the frontlines
One Colorado community is giving back to firefighters battling the wildfires on the Western Slope. The Moffat County ...
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Colorado National Guard Assisting Rio Blanco County with Aerial Wildland Fire Suppression
Under executive authority, two Colorado Army National Guard helicopters and aircrews are supporting wildfire suppression ...
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Elk and Lee fires rage in Rio Blanco County, remain zero percent contained Tuesday morning
The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remain zero percent contained after rapidly spreading overnight, according to a ...