Nearing 137,500 burned, the Lee Fire is now at 42% containment. A few miles away, the Elk Fire is now fully contained.

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

Four wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed more than 250 square miles, threatened hundreds of homes and forced ...

The Elk Fire is now 100% contained while the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County continues burning over 137,000 acres at 68% containment. A fresh Northern Rockies Team One has taken over firefighting ...

A new wildfire sparked in the “remote, rugged terrain” of White River National Forest on Sunday and has consumed 25 acres, ...

With warm and dry conditions on Monday, the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties remains at 60% containment as of ...

The Elk Fire in Rio Blanco County, as of Saturday, has now been 100% contained, said the incident management team for the ...

The Elk Fire is now fully contained as crews continue to make progress on the much larger Lee Fire, which has burned 137,465 ...

Rio Blanco County is grappling with yet another fire this morning. It's called the Yellowjacket Fire and is burning ...

On Friday afternoon, a new wildfire started northeast of Meeker, called the Yellowjacket Fire. This fire has burned about 5 ...

The Yellowjacket Fire started Friday northeast of Meeker, in the same area as the Lee and Elk fires.