Fire officials say the Lee fire is 68 percent contained, after burning nearly 138,000 acres of mountainsides, grasslands and pastures in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties. The Bureau of Land Management has reopened portions of public land, while keeping others closed to the public for the time being.

The Derby Fire, located north of Dotsero in White River National Forest grew to 245 acres Tuesday evening, according to the Watch Duty app. The measurement is more than double the 100 acres it