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Inmates from Colorado prison evacuated due to wildfire threat
Close to 180 inmates were evacuated from their correctional facility in Rifle after the threat from a nearby wildfire grew ...
Fast-moving wildfire forces evacuation of Colorado prison
A Colorado prison was evacuated because of a fast-growing wildfire that’s already one of the largest in state history, officials said. The spread of the Lee Fire in western Colorado forced ...
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 ...
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Historic fire continues to impact Meeker-Rifle region
What now ranks as the fifth-largest wildfire in state history continues to have major impacts in the Meeker-Rifle region as firefighters continue to face challenges stopping its spread, particularly i ...
Colorado prison evacuated as growing wildfire becomes one of the largest in state history
All 179 incarcerated people were safely removed from the Rifle Correctional Center on Saturday “out of an abundance of caution." ...
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Correctional center in Rifle may close - PostIndependent.com
RIFLE, Colorado ” A proposed closure of the Rifle Correctional Center would mean the loss of 57 jobs in the area, although employees would be offered positions in other prisons around the ...