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2 wildfires burn nearly 20,000 acres in eastern Arizona
Firefighters engaged extreme fire weather for the Bronco and Indian Creek fires on the San Carlos Apache and Fort Apache reservations.
Colorado wildfire scorches over 100,000 acres
S parked by lightning just over a week ago, the Lee fire has scorched more than 106,000 acres in Colorado, becoming one of the state's largest wildfires on record. Newsweek reached out to the Elk and Lee fires public information officer for comment via email on Sunday.
Wildfires burn 75,000 acres near Meeker, Colorado
Over 75,000 acres have burned in the Elk and Lee Fires located to the southwest and southeast of Meeker.
Wildfire that has burned thousands of acres in Colorado human-caused
As of Friday, the fire had burned about 9,600 acres and was about 91 percent contained. Click here for updates from the Forest Service. LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - The Alexander Mountain Fire burning southwest of Fort Collins was human-caused,
Colorado wildfires: Lee Fire grows to more than 100K acres amid ‘near-critical’ weather
One of the fires burning now more than 100,000 acres in Rio Blanco County in northwest Colorado continues to grow during ongoing "near-critical fire weather" conditions.
Lee fire becomes 6th largest wildfire in Colorado history
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
Residents in two communities told to evacuate due to growing Billy Fire in central Arizona
Evacuation orders were upgraded to "go" status for residents in Murphy Ranch and Ellison Ranch, located in southwestern Gila County.
Latest numbers for Arizona's wildfires | Aug. 10
The Billy Fire is only 22% contained and over 8,800 acres have burned. The Dragon Bravo Fire is 38% contained after burning ...
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Latest on northern Arizona wildfires
The Dragon Bravo Fire, one of the largest wildfires in Arizona history is still burning, but crews are gaining ground.
New 85-acre wildfire starts between 2 others already raging in northern Arizona
Wildfires in northern Arizona, including near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, saw gradual containment efforts. But a new wildfire between the two could complicate efforts, according to state and ...
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Arizona saw fewer wildfires, acres burned than usual in 2023
As of Nov. 5, Arizona had 1,756 wildfires in 2023, burning 181,678 acres across state, federal and tribal jurisdictions, according to the Arizona Department of Fire and Forestry Management.
‘Fire clouds’ over Arizona and Utah wildfires are creating their own erratic climate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two wildfires burning in the western United States — including one that has become a “megafire” on the ...
The Dragon Bravo Fire is one of the largest wildfires in Arizona history. These were bigger
The largest Arizona wildfires have burned half a million acres. The Drago Bravo Fire at the Grand Canyon North Rim just made the top 10 list.
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Arizona wildfires are hotter, bigger. How will the land recover?
As new wildfires spread across tinder-dry Arizona this year, research groups are revisiting the Rodeo-Chediski, Wallow, Horseshoe II, Bighorn, Bush and other burn scars to understand how the ...
Billy Fire grows in Gila County; crews report slight containment loss
Authorities in Gila County say the Billy Fire continues to grow as firefighters lose some containment on the blaze burning in ...