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Growth of western Colorado wildfire forces evacuation of a prison
As the Lee Fire grows in size, a prison is being forced to evacuate, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
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Colorado wildfires: New evacuation order in Lee Fire Saturday morning as blaze approaches 90,000 acres
More than 140,000 acres of land have burned in separate wildfires in Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, ...
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Friday Update: Rio Blanco fires reach over 75,000 acres combined; Meeker evacuation orders downgraded
: Just after 5 p.m. Friday, a new Evacuation zone was created – 64 has been separated and created a new zone 65. Zone 65 is ...
New evacuation ordered for Lee Fire in western Colorado
RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation due to the Lee Fire. Zone ...
Colorado wildfires: Pre-evacuation lifted for Meeker, surrounding area burned by Elk and Lee fires
Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee ...
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179 inmates to be evacuated on the Western Slope due to rapidly growing fire
The Colorado Department of Corrections is beginning to evacuate 179 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center due to the ...
2 Colorado wildfires grow significantly. See latest news and map of the blazes
Colorado's wildfires have grown to more than 75,000 acres in Rio Blanco County. See the latest on the Lee and Elk fires and a ...
When Colorado wildfires threatened this Western Slope town, neighbors showed up for each other
When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The ...
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Wildland fire crews battle blazes in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties
A fire in western Moffat County has grown to about 105 acres and is 80% contained, according to James Michels, the deputy ...