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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 ...
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Lee Fire on track to overtake Hayman Fire as the fourth-largest wildfire in Colorado history

RIO BLANCO AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, Colo. (KRDO) - The Lee Fire has grown to 133,602 acres as of Friday, August 15, putting it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lee Fire now among largest in Colorado history: How it compares

The Lee Fire burning on Colorado's Western Slope is officially one of the largest that the state has ever seen.

Yellowjacket Fire Map: New Wildfire Near Meeker As Lee Fire Becomes Colorado’s 5th Largest

Crews in Colorado are battling the massive Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County, which has grown to 133,841 acres, making it the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...