The lightning-sparked Elk fire southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County started just after noon Saturday and more than quadrupled in size throughout the evening, jumping a county road and

A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and closures have been put in place near two of the fires burning to the south of Meeker.

The Lee and Elk fires in Rio Blanco County remained at zero percent containment Tuesday as they took over a combined 20,000 acres