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Wildfire in Central Yampa River Basin, Colorado
Wildfire August 3, 2025 – August 4, 2025 · Central Yampa River Basin, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Grease Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 12 miles west-southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The fire grew to 1,000 acres before merging into the Lee Fire and acreage was combined for both fires one day later, in which the complex was then just known as the Lee Fire. The end date and time is the moment when the Grease was combined into the Lee Fire. See Lee Fire episode for further information.
The wider storm
The Grease Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 12 miles west-southwest of Meeker, Colorado.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1288018. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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