The Derby Fire in Eagle County tripled in size in a day, growing to 2,624 acres as of the morning of Aug. 21, according to fire officials. The fire was being fought by 117 personnel, nine engines, one ...

A wildfire burning south of Meeker on Colorado’s Western Slope exploded in size Friday and Saturday, racing across 40 square miles and forcing mandatory evacuations as fire crews worked to contain it.

DENVER, Colo. — The Lee Fire burning southwest of Meeker was downgraded in size Wednesday after fire officials said better mapping lead to a better estimate of the fire size. On Monday, fire officials ...

The Lee fire southwest of Meeker, Colorado in Rio Blanco County has become the sixth largest wildfire in Colorado history, eclipsing the 2012 High Park fire, which burned 87,284 acres west of Fort ...

Update: The Lee Fire has now grown to be the 5th largest wildfire in state history. Follow the latest updates here. DENVER (KDVR) — One of the fires burning now more than 100,000 acres in Rio Blanco ...

Fueled by hot summer weather and persistent drought conditions across the western half of the state, wildfires as of Aug. 8 had burned more than 100,000 acres in Colorado in 2025. By that time it was ...

Colorado has declared a statewide disaster emergency as two dozen uncontained wildfires rage across the state. Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order Aug. 14, declaring the disaster emergency, ...

More evacuation orders rolled out across Colorado’s Western Slope on Wednesday as five wildfires burned across hundreds of square miles. Colorado’s largest active wildfire reached the Garfield County ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Lee Fire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope is officially one of the largest that the state has ever seen. According to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, four ...

Residents of Meeker, near where the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado’s history has raged throughout August, woke up Friday to a cooler morning than they’ve felt in weeks. But smoke from the ...

Colorado authorities said a fire that began in the City of Craig on Sunday afternoon caused temporary evacuations nearby. According to the Moffat County Sheriff's Office, a home on East 13th Street ...