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Corrections facility evacuated in response to Lee Fire

G RAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has begun evacuating inmates in response to the ...

Correctional center in Garfield County evacuated due to Lee Fire threat

Following Bryan Kohberger's life sentence, the 30-year-old was moved to solitary confinement at Idaho Maximum Security ...

Prison near Rifle evacuated due to wildfire

RIFLE, Colo. — A wildfire in Rio Blanco County is forcing the evacuation of a prison north of Rifle. The Colorado Department ...

Colorado wildfires: Lee fire in Rio Blanco County expected to worsen Sunday morning

One of the largest wildfires ever recorded in Colorado was expected to worsen early Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity ...
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Corrections facility evacuated as Lee Fire spreads southeast, becomes state’s 6th largest of all time

At last mapping, the Lee fire had grown to more than 88,000 acres, which would rank it sixth all-time among Colorado ...
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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, ...

Colorado wildfires: Mandatory evacuations ordered in Garfield County as Lee fire races south

New mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Lee fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning as the blaze grew nearly ...