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The weather at night can actually make firefighting efforts a little easier. For example, the crew that is fighting the Lee Fire near Meeker has done a lot of strategic firing operations at night to ...
A community meeting for the Lee and Elk fires will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Meeker High School (550 School St.).
The Lee Fire, at more than 133,000 acres as of Thursday, and the Elk Fire, at more than 14,500 acres, had cost an estimated ...
A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...
At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio ...
Fort Myers Beach Fire Department crews had to cut through dense mangroves to rescue two people hit by a car, the fire chief ...
When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...
With the Crosho Fire growing west of Yampa and Phippsburg, local support groups have quickly expanded their disaster recovery ...
First responders from across the state gathered to honor State Trooper Dennis Ricks with a procession on Friday.The tribute began in Charleston and concluded a ...
The Lee Fire has burned 127,107 acres of land, and firefighters have contained 3% of the fire. Fire officials state, “the ...
The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing ...
In September 2015, sheriff's deputies responded to a car fire at Venetia Street East and Naples Avenue D, in Lehigh Acres, where they discovered charred human remains. The medical examiner determined ...