The South Rim Fire and other western slope blazes led to three Colorado counties being declared disasters. See the latest map of the fires.

Conditions aren’t likely to improve for fire crews. More dry, hot days with temperatures in the 90s, coupled with low humidity, are expected. That heat dries out vegetation during the day, priming it to burn at night. Lightning is also likely this week, risking starting more hot spots.

A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away.

Nearly 200 firefighters are working the South Rim fire at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. A lightning storm Thursday sparked numerous fires.

With large wildfires continuing to burn in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis on Sunday issued a disaster declaration for fires burning in Montrose, Delta and Mesa counties. More than a dozen wildfires were burning on

We are continuing to track the fires all across western Colorado, with the South Rim Fire within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison seeing over 1,600 acres burned as of midnight this morning.