DENVER — Wildfires that sparked across Colorado this year — whether by lightning or abandoned campfires — have together scorched more acres than the past four years combined, marking the worst ...
The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...
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 ...
High winds and extreme drought conditions in northwest Colorado have fueled the rapid growth of two wildfires this week near Meeker in Rio Blanco County, where firefighting crews say they’re ...