The Lee Fire, Colorado's 5th largest wildfire in state history, has reached 99% containment after burning nearly 138,000 acres and destroying three homes and 12 outbuildings over the past month.

Helicopters rescued 23 hikers and three dogs from San Juan National Forest in the latest in a series of wildfires burning across Colorado and the U.S. West, officials said on Tuesday.

An explosive Colorado wildfire that has already forced the evacuation of several mountain communities and the closure of Rocky Mountain National Park blackened another 45,000 acres (18,200 hectares) ...