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The Journal21h

Crews gain containment on Lee fire as Colorado governor issues disaster declaration

Good news arrived to the Western Slope. While the Lee Fire continues to grow in acreage, containment has gone up and the fire ...
The Aspen Times16h

Containment increases as Colorado’s Lee Fire grows to 133,841 acres

The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing ...
KOAA News51d

Colorado wildfires: Lee, Elk fires grow to over 141,000 acres as dry conditions continue across Western Slope

At least 15 fires have burned more than 209,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio ...

Lee Fire grows to more than 133,000 acres in Colorado

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — Crews fighting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco county have made some progress toward containment while ...

Lee Fire in northwestern Colorado surpasses 100,000 acres as fire crews get some containment

The largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations.
WJTV Jackson on MSN2d

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 ...

Colorado wildfires: Evacuations lifted in Blue Ridge fire in La Plata County

A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today15h

Relief for Meeker as Lee Fire pushes south

When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...