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Colorado wildfires: Evacuations lifted in Blue Ridge fire in La Plata County

A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...

Colorado fires expose danger of ‘energy dominance’ hypocrisy

Jeff Hurd, the U.S. representative from western Colorado, met this week with first responders and residents from a region ...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visits the Western Slope as wildfires rage

As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made his way to Mesa County on Thursday to visit Palisade producers and the Turner Gulch Fire ...

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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As Colorado’s 5th largest wildfire in history grows, officials update residents in Rifle on Lee and Elk fires

With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents ...
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Colorado wildfires: Crosho fire near Yampa doubles in size

Five active wildfires — the Lee, Elk, Oak, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have charred more than 146,000 acres, or 228 square ...
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Gov. Polis declares statewide disaster emergency due to critical fire weather conditions, fires burning across Western Slope

As yet another large wildfire grows on the Western Slope, Gov. Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency statewide and ...

Wildfire forced closure of westbound lanes of Colorado's I-70 between Parachute and Rifle

A wildfire forced the closure of westbound lanes of I-70 between Parachute and Rifle on Thursday afternoon in Colorado's ...