Evacuations were lifted Monday night for the Crosho fire burning in Rio Blanco and Routt counties, but areas surrounding the wildfire remain on pre-evacuation notice, according to county ...

Wildland firefighting is exhausting, hot, dirty and stressful. It is also a smoky and possibly dangerous job where ...

Significant progress was made over the weekend to contain and control the Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County near Meeker.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -For two weeks, the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team Three managed the Lee and Elk Fires near Meeker, CO. Now, the Northern Rockies Complex Incident ...

Crews are making progress on two fires burning near Meeker, with the Elk Fire now 100% contained and the Lee Fire 61% contained, according to an update Monday.

After a weekend of firefighters battling a growing wildfire, the Lee Fire near Meeker has now burned 137,485 acres. It’s ...

Officials announced Saturday that the lightning-sparked Elk Fire, first reported on Aug. 2, 11 miles southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, is fully contained.

Reppenhagen said hot conditions and dry lightning helped spark, then grow, the Lee Fire, and heat is making it hard to cool off this fire. "As soon as the heat starts to build, 11:00, noon, you can ...

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While afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday helped firefighters contain one blaze burning on the Western Slope, another nearby fire is close to becoming the fourth-largest on record in Colorado.

Firefighters were able to increase containment to 42% Saturday, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident ...