A new wildfire in southwest Colorado promoted evacuations Friday near the town of Bayfield in La Plata County.

A county news release said the Blue Ridge Fire was burning in the Forest Lakes subdivision. It had grown during the day from 3-5 acres to 25 acres, according to Watch Duty.

The fire was one of two new blazes reported in the state, where fires have burned more than 200,000 acres. The other new fire reported on Friday was the Yellowjacket fire, on White River National Forest lands near Meeker. It also was about 5 acres in mid-afternoon.

The largest of the Colorado blazes is the Lee fire, which was at 133,954 acres as of Friday evening.

That fire prompted an evacuation in Garfield County Thursday as crews began to reach further containment.

Zone 81, northwest of Rifle, was given

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