KDVR – Lee Fire became the fourth largest fire in Colorado on Monday, after burning 138,844 acres south of microscope.
Many forest fires burn all over Colorado, especially along the western slope. The governor of the state, Jared Police, issued many disaster ads and authorized the National Guard of Forest Wars in all parts of the state. Although many are still burning, the largest active hashtag fires are Lee Fire, which is now the fourth biggest in state history.
The Lee Fire and Grease fire was discovered on August 2 after a thunderbolt blow. The fires joined together, and since then, the working sets have been working on Lee Fire, which is still burning 11 miles south of Meker.
After burning for more than three weeks, update Monday from Inciweb He said that the Hashim fires burned 138,844 acres, surpassing the fourth largest fire in the state, Hayman fire in 2002, which burned 137,760 acres between Colorado Springs and Denver.
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Night fire crew in Lee Wilok fires. -
Night fire crew in Lee Wilc Fires. -
Wyoming Interadingy Hotshot Crew on Lee Fire. -
Wyoming Interadingy Hotshot Crew on Lee Fire. -
Lee Fire and Elk Fire in Rio Blanco Province burned more than 130,000 acres combined as of August 12, 2025. -
The Lee Fire near Meeker Colorado on August 8, 2025 (Garfield County Office) -
A fire that was seen from the east. (As a courtesy page, YEE FIRE) -
Lee Fire Near Highway 13 continues to burn in Rio Blanco Province. (Cortisi: Bobby Guterres/Windel) -
The view of both Lee and Grease fires out of Meeker, Colorado, August 3, 2025. (BLM image of James Michels) -
Lee Fire and Elk Fire in Rio Blanco Province burned more than 130,000 acres combined as of August 12, 2025. -
The Lee Fire near Meeker Colorado on August 8, 2025 (Garfield County Office) -
Lee Fire and Elk Fire in Rio Blanco Province burned more than 130,000 acres combined as of August 12, 2025.
There are only three other fires in the history of Colorado larger than a fire now: The Cameron Peak Fire, which burned 208,913 acres to the west of Fort Collins in 2020 and the nearby annoying East fire, which burned 193,812, in addition to the Pine Gulch fire, which burned 139,007 ACCER in Mesa in Mesa and Garfield in 2020.
Lee Fire is now less than 200 acres from the third largest fire in the history of the state, The Pine Gulch Fire. Lee Fire is located in 90 %, so it can continue to grow.
Heather Williad of Fox31 contributed to this report.