The news is irritating me right now.

The news is irritating be right now.   They say that there are 12 wildfires burning in Colorado right now.   But they only list 6.  So what about the others ?    I mean if they say 12 wildfires – I expect there to be 12 that are growing, that are not fully contained, or ARE contained but still dangerous.    Not some fire that is smoldering and has been for weeks and will be for weeks yet before it’s fully out – being watched but not currently a threat.    If they are counting some of the latter types of fires in their total then they need to clarify.   They need to say – and 6 are currently active, in various statuses of containment and are threatening.  Here are the highlights:  blah blah blah.     The remaining 6 are fully contained and smoldering.  They are being watched in case of flare up.   That’s what they SHOULD say.   But no.  They just proclaim that there are 12 wildfires and watch us all go GASP  with visions of 12 out of control fires.
** NOTE:  See update at bottom of this post**

Anyway I can’t find info anywhere else currently.    So I’m just going to use 9news.   Now, they tend to over-write their news articles with new information, and I want to capture what is going on *now*  So I am going to copy what they have.   Due to potential copyright though, I’m going to paraphrase or simplify  (I’ve been simplifying up to now)  some of what they are saying and quote some blurbs.   - Edit note: Ok I don't know why but this isn't quoting the way I want.  I don't like the block quote because it just centers it and doens't indicate it's a quote.

Ok I just went to 9news and now they have this: [quote=9news] Below are the largest fires in the state that are causing either evacuations or threatening homes. [/quote]  For reference here is the link to the article:    http://www.9news.com/news/article/274145/339/Wildfires-cover-CO-burn-homes-displace-families  I do not know how long this link will be viable – and like I said they most likely will update it as time goes on, so if you click on this link several days from now, the fire stats most likely will be totally different.  
I don’t believe they had that up earlier.   Now looking at the comments (I had posted a complaint) I see several others had the same complaint so I’m guessing 9news must have added it.

Anyway as of lunch today here are the stats on the biggest/most notable fires in the state:  (Btw Denver is the capital of the state and is located a little bit north east of the center of the state.   Here is a map of Colorado for reference: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=Colorado%20   Though you’d have to zoom in to see all the towns I’ll mention.

High park fire:  Day 17, 83k acres only 45% contained.  [quote=9news] The fire started on June 9 around 6 a.m. and is burning approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins. More than 2,000 personnel are fighting the blaze. [/quote]
57 more homes were confirmed to be destroyed for a total of 248.  Lightning is listed as the cause.

Little Sand fire: Now this is interesting – the site says the fire started MAY 13th.
It appears to be deep in the mountains.   Here is a quote: [quote=9news] The Little Sand Fire has burned 21,616 acres with 31 percent containment.  The fire is burning 13 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs and started on May 13 around 4 p.m. The fire is in rugged and inaccessible terrain just north of the Piedra River. [/quote]

This is listed to have been started by Lightning as well.

CR 102 fire:  This is new and started yesterday. It is in Elbert county which is  south east of Denver and North east of Colorado springs.  It has only burned 300 acres but 100 people were evacuated from it.  It also slipped from being fully contained to 75% contained.
There is no cause listed.

State line fire: This fire started June 23rd and is now 350 acres and 15% contained.   It’s on our southern (New Mexico) border.  It is burning in a remote area and is listed as human caused, but with no other info.  (Ie if it was on purpose, campfire etc etc)

Treasure fire:  This fire started June 23rd and is east of Leadville.  ( A little south of Denver and West into the mountains.)
It is 320 acres and 10% contained. Cause is listed as unknown.

Waldo Canyon Fire: This fire is becoming a concern.  It also started June 23rd.  It is west of Colorado springs and just north of Manitou Springs.   In fact Manitou springs was ordered to be evacuated yesterday.     [quote=9news] The fire is burning near Waldo Canyon off of Highway 24 in Pike National Forest and is at zero percent containment. The fire is at 3,446 acres and smoke could be seen from the Denver area over the weekend.  [/quote]   I didn’t see a cause- it is apparently being investigated.

Weber Fire:  This fire started June 22nd,  and has burned 8300 acres.  It too is zero percent contained.  It is located in Montezuma County just outside the town of Mancos.   And I have no idea where that is… checking map:   Ok this is extreme south west corner of the state – almost to the 4 corners.    9news says it’s human caused, but no other info is known.

This is 7 active fires.   9news now lists 4 inactive fires: Hewlett Gulch; Springer; Sunrise mine and woodland heights.  (the one in Estes Park.)

Looks like 9news listened to us – Now the opening paragraph says “There are seven active fires burning” etc instead of saying 12.

Oh and… it’s also 99 degrees out.