The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch thousands of acres, fire officials said.

In total, well over 15,000 acres are burning across the state, and many counties have evacuation and pre-evacuation orders in place.

Gov. Jared Polis issued a disaster declaration Sunday for five wildfires burning in several of the state's counties. Here's what you need to know.