All 179 inmates at Rifle Correctional Center have been evacuated after concerns over the nearby Lee Fire in Rio Blanco, the ...

The Colorado Department of Corrections has successfully relocated 179 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center in a ...

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

A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low ...

More than half a dozen wildfires continued to burn across Colorado Monday morning, but firefighters have been able to get ...

Close to 180 inmates were evacuated from their correctional facility in Rifle after the threat from a nearby wildfire grew ...

Nearly 180 inmates were being evacuated from a Colorado prison, officials announced Saturday evening, as the Lee Fire continues to advance south.

D ENVER ( KDVR) — 179 individuals in custody at Rifle Correctional Center are being evacuated due to the Lee Fire in Rio ...

A fast-growing wildfire in western Colorado has forced the evacuation of a state prison, officials said. The Lee Fire prompted the relocation of 179 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center to the ...

Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...

The spread of the Lee Fire in western Colorado forced the relocation of 179 incarcerated people at the Rifle Correctional Center to the Buena Vista Correctional Complex on Aug. 9, a Colorado ...

The Lee Fire has burned over 113,000 acres across Rio Blanco and Garfield counties, west of Denver. The fire has been 7 percent contained as of the early hours of Monday morning.