Few states require building with fire-resistant materials, but some in the Mountain West are in the process of changing that.

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Xcel Energy (XEL.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it has reached settlement agreements that resolve all claims related to the 2021 Marshall Fire in Colorado. The U.S. utility's ...

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 ...

The Lee fire southwest of Meeker, Colorado in Rio Blanco County has become the sixth largest wildfire in Colorado history, eclipsing the 2012 High Park fire, which burned 87,284 acres west of Fort ...

SUPERIOR, Colo. — After losing his home in the devastating Marshall Fire nearly four years ago, Erik Ela is back in his Superior, Colorado neighborhood — this time in a newly-constructed home. The ...

A wildfire burning south of Meeker on Colorado’s Western Slope exploded in size Friday and Saturday, racing across 40 square miles and forcing mandatory evacuations as fire crews worked to contain it.

The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...