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As classes start in the Meeker School District, firefighters continue to fight to increase containment levels at the two ...
As classes start in the Meeker School District, firefighters continue to fight to increase containment levels at the two ...
A new wildfire sparked in the “remote, rugged terrain” of White River National Forest on Sunday and has consumed 25 acres, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The Lee Fire near Meeker, Colorado's fifth-largest wildfire ever, has reached 61% containment. Nine teens arrested after ...
After a weekend of firefighters battling a growing wildfire, the Lee Fire near Meeker has now burned 137,485 acres. It’s ...
Significant progress was made to contain and control the Elk and Lee Fires in Rio Blanco County near Meeker over the weekend.
Wildland firefighting is exhausting, hot, dirty and stressful. It is also a smoky and possibly dangerous job where ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -For two weeks, the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team Three managed the Lee and Elk Fires near Meeker, CO. Now, the Northern Rockies Complex Incident ...
Crews are making progress on two fires burning near Meeker, with the Elk Fire now 100% contained and the Lee Fire 61% contained, according to an update Monday.
BAYFIELD, Colo. — A wildfire near the town of Bayfield that started Friday afternoon in southwest Colorado has been 100% ...
Historically dry fuels and long stretches of fire weather have led to the conditions driving one of Colorado's biggest ...
Officials announced Saturday that the lightning-sparked Elk Fire, first reported on Aug. 2, 11 miles southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, is fully contained.