OURAY COUNTY

Concerned community members attended a meeting with fire officials Tuesday night who updated them on the Cow Creek Fire, estimated to have grown to 853 acres as of Wednesday morning.

The fire, which has been burning since Oct. 16 in the Uncompahgre Wilderness about nine miles east of Ridgway, had 263 personnel assigned to it as of Wednesday. The cause is still under investigation and it was originally reported by hunters in the area. As of Monday, the fir...