The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 113,000 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 are involved in efforts to contain and extinguish the fire, along with the nearby Elk Fire. A number of evacuations have already been ordered. For a live, interactive evacuation zone map, you can click here .

The size of the fire has exploded since growing from 13,000 to almost 23,000 acres on Aug. 6, when Gov. Jared Polis issued an emergency disaster declaration . It has grown steadily in the days since, breaking 100,000 acres on Sunday.

A fire truck is seen responding to the Lee Fire near Meeker, Colorado, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team

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