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UPDATE: Hunt Fire Creating Mosaic Landscape

MEEKER | Firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit continue to manage the Hunt Fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. Lightning ignited the fire on Thursday, September 5. It is remotely located, burning in thick brush on[Read More…]

September 10, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

UPDATE: Hunt Fire—Rains slow fire growth

MEEKER | Firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit continue to manage the Hunt Fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. Lightning ignited the fire on Thursday, Sept. 5. It is remotely located, burning in thick brush on[Read More…]

September 9, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Hunt Fire grows to 2,300 acres

MEEKER | In a press release issued at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit, firefighters continue to manage the Hunt Fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. The Hunt Fire continued steady growth yesterday,[Read More…]

September 8, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Winds push Hunt Fire to 1,874 acres

MEEKER | Firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit continue to manage the Hunt Fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. Strong winds yesterday caused the fire to grow to 1,874 acres. The White River Field Office of[Read More…]

September 7, 2019 by Niki Turner 4 comments

Hunt Fire grows to more than 1,000 acres

MEEKER | The Hunt Fire, burning about 26 miles southwest of Meeker, grew from less than 5 acres early Friday to more than 1,000 acres. The lightning-caused fire ignited in thick brush and downed trees where it was unsafe for firefighters to directly engage the fire in an area unsafe[Read More…]

September 6, 2019 by Niki Turner 3 comments

Second fire starts south of Meeker on Hwy. 13

MEEKER | Meeker Fire and Rescue and the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office are requesting additional support for a lightning-caused fire that ignited off Hwy. 13 near Mile Marker 36. According to the sheriff’s office, flames and smoke are visible from the road.

September 6, 2019 by Niki Turner 3 comments

Fire southwest of Meeker

MEEKER | According to a BLM news release, firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit are closely monitoring the 5-acre Hunt Fire about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. The fire is burning in thick brush and downed trees, making it unsafe for firefighters to[Read More…]

September 6, 2019 by Niki Turner 14 comments

Blaze reported hours after issuance of critical fire danger warning

The most recent update from Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office: MEEKER | A wildfire near Greasewood Gulch approximately 24 miles west of Meeker was reported just hours after the National Weather Service issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for critical fire conditions. Despite a very snowy winter and wet spring,[Read More…]

July 18, 2019 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Half of Coloradans now live in wildfire risk areas

RBC | The number of people living in areas at risk to the effects of wildland fire increased by nearly 50 percent from 2012 to 2017, based on new Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment data released this week by the Colorado State Forest Service. As of 2017, approximately 2.9 million people live[Read More…]

December 27, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

IT AIN’T OVER YET …

A fire north of Meeker along Highway 13 Saturday closed the road in both directions, cause unknown. Please continue to use extreme caution as fire danger remains high. COURTESY PHOTO

October 8, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

HISTORY ON REPEAT …

The Museum of Northwest Colorado—Craig shared this photo of a wildfire just above town in Meeker sometime during the 1920s-30s. MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST COLORADO | COURTESY PHOTO

September 23, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

UPDATE: Hwy. 13 closed north of Meeker for fire operations

HIGHWAY 13 NORTH OF MEEKER IS OPEN, ALTERNATING LANES 6:15 PM Highway 13 north from mile marker 51 at the top of Nine Mile to Colowyo is closed for fire operations on the James Fire.

September 1, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled