Colorado is ablaze once again this summer, with at least ten wildfires burning across the state as of August 8.

Road closures and evacuation orders are in place in multiple towns, while several others remain in pre-evacuation status. Although there have been no reported residential losses, one of the state's longest-burning fires, the South Rim fire, is still burning in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and has destroyed several buildings.

The Lee fire, which started as separate fires but grew by over 8,000 acres after the two combined earlier this week, is still at 0 percent containment in Rio Blanco County, with the entire town of Meeker on pre-evacuation orders and nearby residences already having evacuated. So far nearly 60,000 acres have burned in the Lee fire.

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