Overview

• The Lee fire has consumed 113,378 acres across Rio Blanco County and remains just 7 percent contained.
• More than 1,000 personnel supported by 12 aircraft, 24 hand crews, 60 engines and heavy equipment vehicles are engaged in suppression efforts.
• The Elk fire east of Meeker has held at 14,635 acres with containment rising to 30 percent.
• Mandatory evacuation orders cover multiple zones in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties and air-quality alerts persist as smoke drifts across the region.
• The Colorado Department of Corrections evacuated Rifle Correctional Center and relocated 179 inmates to Buena Vista Correctional Complex as flames neared prison grounds.