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Firefighters are comfortable saying the town of Meeker is safe from the Lee and Elk Fires, but they had to do some serious ...
Despite the Lee fire growing to nearly 117,000 acres, officials said they were optimistic about preventing it from growing ...
A new fire in Rio Blanco County near its border with Routt County is burning 300 acres near Crosho Lake and has prompted ...
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders on Wednesday on top of the Roan Plateau near Rifle as the Lee ...
Five active wildfires — the Lee, Elk, Oak, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have charred more than 142,000 acres, or 222 square ...
These scans are done from an aircraft 10,000 ft above ground. Thermal data is collected to detect hot spots within active ...
The Lee Fire grew to 120,650 acres Wednesday morning, an increase of nearly 4,000 acres since Tuesday, as hot, dry and windy ...
Five homes and 14 outbuildings have been lost in rural Rio Blanco and Garfield counties due to the Lee and Elk fires.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - As of August 12, the Lee fire in Rio Blanco County has burned over —As of August 12, the Lee ...
The Lee Fire started on Aug. 2, combined with the Grease Fire and became the fifth-largest fire on record in Colorado.
With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents ...