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Polis declares disaster emergency for Colorado amid critical fire weather

Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order declaring a disaster emergency in Colorado amid critical fire weather fueling ...

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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Colorado wildfires: Crosho fire near Yampa doubles in size

Five active wildfires — the Lee, Elk, Oak, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have charred more than 146,000 acres, or 228 square ...
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As Colorado’s 5th largest wildfire in history grows, officials update residents in Rifle on Lee and Elk fires

With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents ...

Behind the line of the Lee Fire with Colorado's wildland firefighters

Firefighters are comfortable saying the town of Meeker is safe from the Lee and Elk Fires, but they had to do some serious ...

Rio Blanco County wildfire updates: Lee Fire grows to more than 120K acres, containment drops

Three fires are burning in Colorado's Rio Blanco County, one of which is now the 5th largest in state history and still ...
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National Guard called to help firefighters battling “really, really fast” wildfires in northwestern Colorado

No containment has been reached on the Elk or Lee fires as of Thursday morning. Both fires were sparked by lightning over the ...