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 are involved in efforts to contain and extinguish the fire,

The Lee Fire near the town of Meeker in Rio Blanco County has grown to be the fifth-largest wildfire in state history as crews continued to battle fires in several parts of Colorado on Monday. Dry weather and strong winds have pushed the Lee Fire south toward Garfield County,

Several fires are burning across western Colorado, with some at historic sizes and other causing evacuations of Western Slope towns.