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Colorado wildfires: Growing Lee Fire near Meeker prompts prisoner evacuation of DOC facility
The Colorado Department of Corrections said it has begun evacuating 179 individuals in custody from Rifle Correctional Center ...
Lee Fire in Western Colorado gains 27,000 acres overnight, new evacuations ordered
The Lee Fire burning in Western Colorado has begun racing south after winds shifted away from the town of Meeker on Friday, ...
Colorado wildfires burn more than 120,000 acres as firefighters await better weather
In western Colorado, firefighters are up against windy, hot weather as they try to protect homes and infrastructure from a pair of lightning-caused wildfires.
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Colorado wildfires: Meeker no longer on pre-evacuation status as Rio Blanco County fires exceed 75,000 acres
The Town of Meeker is no longer under a pre-evacuation status as the state's largest wildfire continues to pose a challenge ...
Colorado residents "nervous" as wildfire comes close to town of Meeker on the Western Slope
A wildfire close to Meeker in western Colorado has doubled in size. The Lee Fire west of the historic town has now burned an ...
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 ...
Colorado wildfire update for August 10
Meeker is on pre-evacuation status as the 113,000-acre Lee Fire and 14,502-acre Elk Fire grow in size. An evacuation center ...
Lee Fire near Meeker surpasses 100,000 acres as fire crews get some containment
The largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations.