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A community meeting for the Lee and Elk fires will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Meeker High School (550 School St.).
When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...
The Meeker Volunteer Fire Department was the first agency to respond to a wildfire that grew into one of the largest in state ...
It's an incredible story of resilience coming out of the fire zone near Meeker, where 87-year-old Bob Kydd has now survived ...
The Lee Fire has grown in size. Fire officials now say the fire has burned over 123,222 acres. The containment of the Elk Fire also grew to 75%. The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office says evacuation ...
Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee ...
A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...
A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and ...
While some residents in Meeker self-evacuated, one couple stayed behind and provided firefighters with a place to stay as ...
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — Crews fighting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco county have made some progress toward containment while ...
Wildfire officials say the fires that have burned more than 130,000 acres in Rio Blanco County have destroyed five homes.