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Steamboat Pilot & Today8h
Raging Rio Blanco County fires spur evacuation orders
The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remained zero percent contained Tuesday morning after rapidly spreading overnight, ...
KRDO12h
Four state wildlife areas closed as Lee and Elk fires continue to burn, threatening homes in Rio Blanco County
The public no longer has access to four state wildlife areas in Colorado as the Elk and Lee fires burn in Rio Blanco County, ...
KJCT11m
The latest on Western Colorado wildfires: Several fires grow overnight, smoke blankets area
This table was updated as of 8/6/2025 at 12:30 p.m. Fire officials with the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today7h
Rio Blanco fires remain zero percent contained Wednesday morning, reaches over 30,000 acres combined
The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remain zero percent contained as of Wednesday morning, according to an 8 a.m. news ...
Crews work to protect structures as fires in Rio Blanco County exceed 20k acres
Multiple fires in Rio Blanco County have burned over 20,000 acres as of Tuesday morning, and hundreds of firefighters have ...
Colorado wildfires: Western Slope fires scorch more than 22,000 acres
Three fires burning on Colorado’s western slope have spread to more than 22,000 acres and forced ongoing evacuations, fire ...
Why is it so smoky in Colorado? Wildfires burning on western slope affecting state
More than 30,000 acres in northwest Colorado have been destroyed by the Lee and Elk fires since Aug. 2. See the updates.
Rio Blanco Herald Times1d
Elk and Lee Fire Update: Tuesday, Aug. 5
As of Tuesday morning, the Elk Fire has burned 13,025 acres and the Lee Fire has burned 7,750 acres according to an update ...