The Derby Fire in Eagle County tripled in size in a day, growing to 2,624 acres as of the morning of Aug. 21, according to fire officials. The fire was being fought by 117 personnel, nine engines, one ...

A wildfire burning south of Meeker on Colorado’s Western Slope exploded in size Friday and Saturday, racing across 40 square miles and forcing mandatory evacuations as fire crews worked to contain it.

Five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have spread to more than 32,000 acres, spurred by hot, dry and windy weather and forcing ongoing evacuations, fire officials said Wednesday. A ...

DENVER — A wildfire burning in a difficult-to-access area of the White River National Forest in Eagle County more than doubled in size Tuesday, prompting closures and evacuations, fire officials said.

The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

Fueled by hot summer weather and persistent drought conditions across the western half of the state, wildfires as of Aug. 8 had burned more than 100,000 acres in Colorado in 2025. By that time it was ...

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 ...

Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022.