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Steamboat Pilot & Today13h
Friday Update: Rio Blanco fires reach over 75,000 acres combined; Meeker evacuation orders downgraded
: Just after 5 p.m. Friday, a new Evacuation zone was created – 64 has been separated and created a new zone 65. Zone 65 is ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel3h
Meeker-area fire threatens Garfield County, Rifle prison evacuated
A wildfire outside Meeker has quickly grown to the southeast and reached nearly 90,000 acres in size, resulting in some ...
Rio Blanco County wildfires continue to grow, nearly 60k acres burned
Two wildfires burning in northwest Colorado near Meeker continued to grow overnight Wednesday and have ballooned to nearly 60 ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today1d
Threat of fast-moving fires keep Meeker residents on edge as flames continue to spread in Rio Blanco
A carpet of smoke stretched across the horizon on Thursday evening as Meeker residents Jack and Ava Bowles spoke of their ...
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 ...
Colorado Politics2d
Polis mobilizes National Guard as Rio Blanco County fires threaten Meeker
Gov. Jared Polis mobilized the national guard Wednesday night as two wildfires in Rio Blanco County continued to grow in size ...