Tag: Burn
-
Elk and Lee fires top 100,000 acres but Meeker no longer under immediate threat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After starting the week at 20,000 combined acres, the Elk and Lee fires surpassed 100,000 on Friday. Started by lightning earlier this week, the twin fires have drastically grown in size over the past several days, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office on…
-
Cat burned in Marshall fire found, reunited with owner
An animal rescue group, Soul Dog Rescue, saved a burned cat from the porch of the only home still standing on a block of a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall fire, Gazette news partner 9NEWS reported. Merlin, the 9-year-old feline, suffered burns on his paws and face from the fire but managed to escape his owner,…