Overview

• The updated size comes from infrared mapping that pushed the blaze past the 2002 Hayman Fire and left it within roughly 200 acres of the 2020 Pine Gulch Fire.
• Incident command reports 90% containment as resources scale down to about 200 personnel, with the FDNY Incident Management Team assuming command on Monday.
• The wildfire ignited from lightning on Aug. 2 on Bureau of Land Management land in the Piceance Creek area between Meeker and Rifle.
• All mandatory evacuations tied to the Lee Fire have been lifted, and officials report at least five homes and at least 14 outbuildings destroyed across the Lee and nearby fully contained Elk fires.
• Forecasts call for widespread rain with potential for strong thunderstorms, bringing risks of gusty winds, frequent lightning and flash flooding across recent burn scars while crews patrol and reinforce lines.