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As Lee Fire gets closer to communities, Rifle residents get updates from officials at meeting
The Lee Fire has grown to over 116,000 acres, making it the fifth largest in state history. It’s also close to Meeker.
Lee Fire in Colorado map: A look at impacted cities and warnings issued as wildfire tops 106k acres
The Lee Fire, the biggest of three wildfires in northwest Colorado, spread to over 100,000 acres over night and forced ...
Meeker evacuation status downgraded to "ready" as Colorado's Lee Fire continues to burn
The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office announced during the day that they have downgraded the evacuation status for Meeker.
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Corrections facility evacuated as Lee Fire spreads southeast, becomes state’s 6th largest of all time
Colorado corrections officials began evacuating 179 inmates from a facility near Rifle Saturday as Garfield County issued ...
When Colorado wildfires threatened this Western Slope town, neighbors showed up for each other
When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The ...