Wildfire activity picked up in Colorado over the weekend, with the Elk Fire consuming more than 2,000 acres since lightning sparked it on Aug. 1, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office.

The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...

Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope, where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek ...

Scripps News Denver is providing you with the latest updates on several wildfires that have charred thousands of acres and damaged infrastructure across Colorado's Western Slope DENVER, Colo. — High ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Here is the latest on the wildfires burning in western Colorado. Map updated as of 3:00 p.m. on 8/12/2025. The Lee Fire has become the 5th largest wildfire when compared ...

Larimer County officials lifted mandatory evacuation orders a few hours after a new wildfire started burning in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests on Thursday afternoon. The Lone Pine fire is ...

The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

The Lee Fire, the largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado, grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations, state fire officials said. On the plus side, fire crews have ...