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The Meeker Volunteer Fire Department was the first agency to respond to a wildfire that grew into one of the largest in state ...
Crosho Fire (Rio Blanco County)1,7000%Turner Gulch Fire (Gateway)29,06851%Stoner Mesa Fire (Rico, CO)7,3900%Leroux Fire (Hotchkiss)19590%This table was last updated at 12:30 p.m. on 8/14/2025.The Lee ...
The 1,700-acre Crosho Fire that began Monday is one of many severe fires burning in the state. Four other fires already have ...
Two homes and two outbuildings have been destroyed in the Elk Fire, according to officials in Rio Blanco County. One of those ...
Five active wildfires — the Lee, Elk, Oak, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have charred more than 146,000 acres, or 228 square ...
New evacuations were called today in Garfield County, on the southern edge of the fire, close to Rifle. The fire is more than ...
A church in Meeker County is a complete loss after it was destroyed in a fire, according to the Meeker County Sheriff's ...
A wildfire close to Meeker in western Colorado has doubled in size. The Lee Fire west of the historic town has now burned an ...
Meeker volunteer firefighters stood their ground and protected their town against encroaching wildfire that grew into one of the largest in Colorado history. "I think here it's a pride thing. They ...
Five homes and 14 outbuildings have been lost in rural Rio Blanco and Garfield counties due to the Lee and Elk fires.
At the height of the wildfire threat, a Meeker doctor says he advised some of his patients to leave town for the sake of ...