Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee fires burning near the Western Slope town of Meeker.

A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and closures have been put in place near two of the fires burning to the south of Meeker.

After days of heating up, Colorado is finally cooling down. Bruno Rodriguez. Yeah, it's, it's been *** rough week weather-wise, is an incident meteorologist on the Lee and Elk fires. He says weather has created challenges for firefighters.