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Rio Blanco County wildfire updates: Lee Fire grows to more than 120K acres, containment drops

Three fires are burning in Colorado’s Rio Blanco County, one of which is now the 5th largest in state history and still growing.

Behind the line of the Lee Fire with Colorado's wildland firefighters

Firefighters are comfortable saying the town of Meeker is safe from the Lee and Elk Fires, but they had to do some serious ...

3 homes burned in Lee Fire, 2 homes burned in Elk Fire burning in Colorado

Crews continue to make progress on two large wildfires burning in Western Colorado, although fire officials said one ...
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Officials say they are making progress on the Lee fire, despite it ballooning to over 120,000 acres

Five homes and 14 outbuildings have been lost in rural Rio Blanco and Garfield counties due to the Lee and Elk fires.

Colorado wildfires: Mandatory evacuations ordered in Garfield County as Lee fire races south

New mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Lee fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning as the blaze grew nearly ...
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WILDFIRE LATEST: Lee and Elk Fire - Clone

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - As of August 12, the Lee fire in Rio Blanco County has burned over —As of August 12, the Lee ...
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As Lee Fire gets closer to communities, Rifle residents get updates from officials at meeting

The Lee Fire has grown to over 116,000 acres, making it the fifth largest in state history. It’s also close to Meeker.

As Lee Fire burns nearby, Garfield RE-2 Schools to start school after 2-day delay

Students in Garfield RE-2 schools were supposed to start on Monday, but delayed the start after staff call-ins from the smoke ...