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Colorado declares statewide disaster emergency, as dozens of wildfires blaze

In total, 24 fires are raging across the state. The ongoing Lee Fire is already the state's fifth-largest in terms of acreage.
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Thursday update: Southern push grows Lee Fire to 127,000 acres; evacuations remain in place

The Lee Fire grew to 127,107 acres Thursday morning, an increase of nearly 6,500 acres since Wednesday, as hot, dry and windy ...

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.
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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 ...
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As Colorado’s 5th largest wildfire in history grows, officials update residents in Rifle on Lee and Elk fires

With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents ...

Volunteer firefighters defended Colorado town from Lee Fire before reinforcements arrived

The Meeker Volunteer Fire Department was the first agency to respond to a wildfire that grew into one of the largest in state ...

Lee Fire in Colorado map: A look at impacted cities and warnings issued as wildfire tops 106k acres

The Lee Fire, the biggest of three wildfires in northwest Colorado, spread to over 100,000 acres over night and forced ...