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Colorado correctional center evacuated due to wildfire threat
DENVER (KDVR) — 179 individuals in custody at Rifle Correctional Center are being evacuated due to the Lee Fire in Rio ...
Colorado wildfire scorches over 100,000 acres
Large wildfires are also burning in California and Arizona, with the Gifford fire having burned over 114,600 acres and the ...
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Garfield County braces for more evacuation orders as Lee, Elk fires top 120,000 combined acres
The Elk and Lee fires burning in Rio Blanco County have scorched more than 120,000 combined acres, with the larger Lee Fire ...
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Colorado wildfires: Rifle correctional facility evacuated, firefighters make some progress on Lee Fire
More than 140,000 acres of land have burned in separate wildfires in Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, ...
Lee Fire grows to 6th largest in Colorado history, new evacuation order issued
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation due to the Lee Fire. Zone ...
Rio Blanco County wildfires continue to grow, nearly 60k acres burned
Two wildfires burning in northwest Colorado near Meeker continued to grow overnight Wednesday and have ballooned to nearly 60 ...
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Rifle Correctional Center Evacuates 179 Inmates Amid Lee Fire Threat in Colorado
The Lee Fire prompted evacuation of Rifle Correctional Center's 179 inmates. The fire, sixth-largest in Colorado history, has ...
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Colorado National Guard Assisting Rio Blanco County with Aerial Wildland Fire Suppression
Under executive authority, two Colorado Army National Guard helicopters and aircrews are supporting wildfire suppression ...
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Rio Blanco fires remain zero percent contained Thursday morning; Evacuation shelters established in Craig and Rangely
The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remained zero percent contained as of Thursday morning, with hot, dry and windy ...