Colorado Wildfires Continue to Burn over 190K Acres

Colorado’s Jared Polis visits the Western Slope as wildfires rage

As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made his way to Mesa County on Thursday to visit Palisade producers and the Turner Gulch Fire Command Center in Grand Junction, a brush fire ignited right off Interstate 70 in West Rifle, not far south of where the Lee fire has burned over 133,000 acres.  While fire crews quickly got the fire under control and reopened the interstate to westbound traffic around two hours later, the ignition followed weeks of intense …

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visits the Western Slope as wildfires rage

As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made his way to Mesa County on Thursday to visit Palisade producers and the Turner Gulch Fire Command Center in Grand Junction, a brush fire ignited right off Interstate 70 in West Rifle, not far south of where the Lee fire has burned over 133,000 acres.  While fire crews quickly got the fire under control and reopened the interstate to westbound traffic around two hours later, the ignition followed weeks of intense …

Crews gain containment on Lee fire as Colorado governor issues disaster declaration for wildfires across state

GRAND JUNCTION — Good news arrived to the Western Slope. While the Lee Fire continues to grow in acreage, containment has gone up and the fire lines have held.  A new executive order issued Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis also expanded current disaster declarations to the entire state, which has lost 185,000 acres to wildfire so far this year, much of it in western Colorado. The Lee fire, burning in Rio Blanco County, reached 133,841 acres Friday m…

Polis declares emergency over ‘near record level’ Colorado fire danger

Gov. Jared Polis visited the Incident Command Post for the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County on Aug. 14, 2025. (Gov. Jared Polis)Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday issued a broad emergency declaration covering multiple wildfires currently burning on the Western Slope and the risk of new fires as dangerous weather conditions persist in the coming weeks. More than 2,000 local, state and federal personnel are currently battling nine large fires i…

Colorado wildfires continue to burn over 190K acres

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday as wildfires are continuing to burn more than 193,000 acres along the Western Slope. Polis signed an executive order on Thursday, sending more emergency funding and support, as he said at least nine wildfires are burning across the state, with 24 uncontained fires, one of them being one of the biggest wildfires in Colorado history. Colorado Wildfire Map ⬇️ Jump to: …

Polis declares statewide disaster emergency due to critical fire weather conditions, fires burning across Western Slope

As yet another large wildfire grows on the Western Slope, Gov. Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency statewide and authorized the use of the National Guard. The Crosho Fire, which sparked Mond...