Residents who were in the path of the fires were ordered to evacuate immediately.

A fast-moving wildfire caused evacuations for people living near Matheson on Colorado’s Eastern Plains on Tuesday afternoon, ...

New construction rules may be coming to the higher-risk wildfire areas around Colorado Springs, including the grassland on the city’s eastern side. Colorado Springs Fire Marshal Kris Cooper presented ...

Colorado Springs officials are proposing a new wildfire risk zone on the city’s east side to meet state-mandated safety requirements. The plan would introduce two ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect acreage mapped by first responders on Tuesday, Aug. 26, reducing its position among Colorado’s largest historic fires. DENVER (KDVR) — The Lee ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A slow-growing, nearly contained wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope is now the fourth-largest on state record, according to fire officials. As of ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) wants to remind the Colorado outdoor community that the Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) mobile app displays active fire alerts, including wildfires and prescribed ...

DENVER, Colo. — The Lee Fire burning southwest of Meeker was downgraded in size Wednesday after fire officials said better mapping lead to a better estimate of the fire size. On Monday, fire officials ...

The Lee fire in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, west of Meeker had its total-acres-burned downsized below 138,000 acres to 137,758 according to Wednesday's update, making it the fifth largest wildfire in ...

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