The Minnesota State Patrol said a truck driver was killed Friday when two semis crashed into each other on Highway 55 in Meeker County.

At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio Blanco counties, as well as in parts of eastern Utah.

Yet another new fire sparked near Meeker on Friday. The Yellowjacket Fire has burned around 30 acres and is 40% contained as of Saturday morning.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that a Burtrum, Minnesota, man was killed and the other driver was not injured.

Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western ...

A preliminary report on the crash indicates an eastbound truck was stopped on Highway 55 in Meeker County, waiting to turn ...

Rio Blanco County is grappling with yet another fire this morning. It's called the Yellowjacket Fire and is burning ...

Discover how nighttime changes wildfire fighting, from easier weather to visibility woes, with insights from the 2025 Lee Fire and tech innovations boosting safety and success.

Strong thunderstorms swept through central Minnesota Saturday morning, bringing 60 mph winds and flash flood warnings across ...

The weather at night can actually make firefighting efforts a little easier. For example, the crew that is fighting the Lee Fire near Meeker has done a lot of strategic firing operations at night to ...

A few days ago, those wildfires near Meeker became personal. Until then, like most of you, I’d been focused on statistics. Number of acres burned, structures lost or damaged, how many firefighters and ...

Meeker, of rural Stillwater, widow of Larry Meeker, died early Thursday morning, Aug. 14, 2025, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.