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Colorado wildfires: Lee Fire jumps to 45,000 acres in size; Town of Meeker put under pre-evacuation notice
More than 108,000 acres of land have burned in separate wildfires in Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and ...
Elk Fire in western Colorado grows to 4,000 acres, nearby Lee and Grease Fires reach 5,000
A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and ...
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Red Cross providing shelter for those impacted by Lee, Elk fires
The American Red Cross of Western Colorado has opened two shelters to help those affected by a pair of wildfires ravaging ...
Colorado wildfires: Twelve fire roars across 1,000 acres in Moffat County
The fire — called the Twelve fire on the Bureau of Land Management’s fire dashboard — burned across 1,000 acres over the ...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis expands emergency declaration to include Lee Fire after merging with Grease Fire
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday expanded an emergency declaration issued earlier this week for the Elk Fire to include the Lee Fire, which has merged with the nearby Grease Fire near Meeker and ...
Elk Creek Fire on Western Slope: 3,000 acres burned in fire caused by lightning
Crews from the Denver area have made their way to the Western Slope of Colorado to assist in fighting the Elk Creek Fire in ...
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An uncollared wolf is chronically killing livestock in Rio Blanco County, but the Elk Fire is preventing lethal action for now
An uncollared wolf has killed enough livestock in Rio Blanco County to meet Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s definition of ...
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Elk and Lee Fire Update: Tuesday, Aug. 5
As of Tuesday morning, the Elk Fire has burned 13,025 acres and the Lee Fire has burned 7,750 acres according to an update ...