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Colorado wildfires continue to burn over 190K acres

Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday as wildfires are continuing to burn more than 185,000 acres along ...

Colorado wildfires: 5 homes destroyed in Elk Fire, Lee Fire as containment grows

Wildfire officials say the fires that have burned more than 130,000 acres in Rio Blanco County have destroyed five homes.
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Colorado wildfires: Lee, Elk fires grow to over 141,000 acres as dry conditions continue across Western Slope

At least 15 fires have burned more than 209,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio ...

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 ...

Wildfires on Colorado's western slope prompt fire restrictions in the Denver metro area

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo — As large wildfires rage across Colorado’s Western Slope, several counties in the Denver metro area ...

Denver weather: Hot days with some relief coming with weekend rain chances

DENVER (KDVR) — The heat has returned as temperatures soared back in the hot mid and upper 90s on Wednesday. And, there will ...

Western Colorado is at the ‘epicenter of drought’ as a hot, dry summer saps water supplies — and fuels wildfires

If we have another year like this next year and Wolford (Mountain Reservoir) gets drawn down farther, then we’re in a ...

Denver metro area firefighters warn of dangers after multiple vegetation fires break out

South Metro Fire Rescue has had to be vigilant about fighting this week's small vegetation fires to prevent a bigger disaster ...
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Colorado wildfires: Crews bring largest fire under 34% containment as ...

DENVER — Fire crews working across western Colorado made more progress containing and slowing the growth of several wildfires Thursday. The largest fire of the bunch — the Turner Gulch ...