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June 11, 2017 / 7:59 PM MDT / CBS Colorado MEEKER, Colo. (CBS4) - More than 60 firefighters in Rio Blanco County are continuing to battle a wildfire that keeps growing.
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The two fires are still burning around Colorado 141, which is still closed between 7.40 Road and 16.10 Road at mile marker 124, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Here are the latest updates. Colorado wildfire map 2025 The Coloradoan maintains a map of fires burning in the state. Here's where each is located: South Rim Fire holding just above 4,000 acres ...
Containment on that blaze is down to just 30 percent. It's burning in the Piceance Basin area in northwestern Colorado, about 20 miles southwest of Meeker. That fire was reported on Saturday ...
The Sprague Fire 20 miles southwest of Meeker, which started Monday because of lightning and has burned 91 acres, also is 97 percent contained. Full containment is expected within days.
A wildfire is burning off of County Road 8 near Meeker in Rio Blanco County in northwest Colorado. The fire started as an agricultural burn that got out of control.
The five blazes have consumed more than 25,000 acres in western Colorado but boasted relatively little growth since July 18. The Sowbelly Fire has reached 83% containment, the most contained.