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Firefighters were able to increase containment to 42% Saturday, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident ...
The Elk Fire in Rio Blanco County, as of Saturday, has now been 100% contained, said the incident management team for the ...
Fire officials say that “The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office downgraded several evacuation zones from GO (red) to SET ...
Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western ...
At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio Blanco counties, as well as in parts of eastern Utah.
As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made his way to Mesa County on Thursday to visit Palisade producers and the Turner Gulch Fire Command Center in Grand Junction, a brush fire ignited right off Interstate ...
Overnight rain helped slow the spread of the Elk and Lee fires, giving firefighters an advantage as they worked to reinforce ...
The Lee Fire, now at 133,954 acres, is 31% contained. The Elk Fire has burned 14,518 acres and is 93% contained. Both were started by lightning on Aug. 2 and together are being fought by 1,230 ...
Gov. Jared Polis visited the Incident Command Post for the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County on Thursday (Polis office photo).
Rio Blanco County is grappling with yet another fire this morning. It's called the Yellowjacket Fire and is burning ...
For firefighter and public safety, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the White River National Forest - Blanco Ranger District, and the Bureau of Land Management - White River Field Office have issued ...
A community meeting for the Lee and Elk fires will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Meeker High School (550 School St.).