Together, five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have consumed hundreds of square miles, destroying at least five homes and 19 outbuildings, fire officials said.

Gov. Jared Polis has issued a verbal disaster declaration, freeing up state and federal resources for the 75-acre Oak Fire burning west of Pagosa Springs. Meanwhile, the Lee Fire has grown to one of the largest in state history.

A Colorado prison was evacuated because of a fast-growing wildfire that’s already one of the largest in state history, officials said. The spread of the Lee Fire in western Colorado forced the relocation of 179 incarcerated people at the Rifle Correctional Center to the Buena Vista Correctional Complex on Aug.