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Lee Fire now fifth-largest single wildfire in Colorado history. These are the other four.
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 ...
Lee Fire grows to 5th largest in Colorado history
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County has grown to the sixth largest in Colorado history, according to ...
Colorado wildfires: Lee Fire grows to one of the largest in state history as containment reaches 7%
Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties, which has grown to become the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado ...
Lee Fire in Western Colorado gains 27,000 acres overnight, new evacuations ordered
The Lee Fire burning in Western Colorado has begun racing south after winds shifted away from the town of Meeker on Friday, ...
Colorado wildfire updates: Lee Fire now 5th largest in state history, structures damaged in fires
Several fires are burning across western Colorado, with some at historic sizes and other causing evacuations of Western Slope ...
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Now the 5th largest wildfire in Colorado history, the Lee Fire grows to more than 110,000 acres as ‘extreme fire behavior’ expected to continue
Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...
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Why Is Western Colorado on Fire? Lightning is the Villain in this story.
The following fires were started by lightning on August 3, 2025: (These containment numbers are current as of 8 AM, August 11 ...
How Colorado's firefighters balance local and state needs when wildfires rage
As large wildfires scorch the Colorado landscape and rising temperatures threaten to ignite more, fire departments across the ...