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Colorado wildfires: Growing Lee Fire near Meeker prompts prisoner evacuation of DOC facility

Colorado wildfires: Growing Lee Fire near Meeker prompts prisoner evacuation of DOC facility

Posted on August 10, 2025 By Robert Garrison
The Denver Channel

The Colorado Department of Corrections said it has begun evacuating 179 individuals in custody from Rifle Correctional Center in response to the rapidly evolving Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County. 

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