The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...

Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope, where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek ...

Due to critical fire weather and very high winds expected in Colorado on Monday, Xcel Energy is preparing for possible power ...

Scripps News Denver is providing you with the latest updates on several wildfires that have charred thousands of acres and damaged infrastructure across Colorado's Western Slope DENVER, Colo. — High ...

The Lee fire southwest of Meeker, Colorado in Rio Blanco County has become the sixth largest wildfire in Colorado history, eclipsing the 2012 High Park fire, which burned 87,284 acres west of Fort ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Here is the latest on the wildfires burning in western Colorado. Map updated as of 3:00 p.m. on 8/12/2025. The Lee Fire has become the 5th largest wildfire when compared ...

The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

A slow-growing, nearly contained wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope is now the fourth-largest on state record, according to fire officials. As of Tuesday night, the 90% contained Lee fire ...

DENVER, Colo. — The Town of Meeker is no longer under a pre-evacuation status as the state's largest wildfire continues to pose a challenge for firefighters on the ground due to hot, dry conditions.

Fueled by hot summer weather and persistent drought conditions across the western half of the state, wildfires as of Aug. 8 had burned more than 100,000 acres in Colorado in 2025. By that time it was ...

With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents gathered Monday night at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle for an ...