Wildfires in Ordway, CO have killed three people, forcing the town to evacuate on Wednesday.
The wildfires in Ordway, a small town in Colorado's Crowley County, have burned at least 7,100 acres.
All of Ordway's 1,248 residents have been told to evacuate. The fire commissioner is asking the residents in the town to take refuge in the Rocky Ford Expo Building.
The Crowley County Jail is being evacuated by the Department of Corrections and the prisoners are being taken to Bent County (CO).
This is the second fire to break out on Tuesday after the fire in Fort Carson, which burned 9,100 acres. A firefighting plane crashed near Fort Carson, killing the pilot, and forced the evacuation of people living near the Army base.
The third fire was located in Carbondale, CO, which damaged at least two homes and injured one person, though the nature of the injury wasn't known.
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