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Evacuations issued for 90-acre fire burning east of Parachute in Garfield County

Denver7 · · 69 words · By Óscar Contreras
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What to know about Evacuations issued for 90-acre fire burning east of Parachute in Garfield County

— Evacuation orders have been issued east of Parachute for a 90-acre wildfire burning in Garfield County.

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What happened

— Evacuation orders have been issued east of Parachute for a 90-acre wildfire burning in Garfield County.

Why it matters

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for County Road 338, located south of Morrisania Mesa Road.

Common ground

top-stories.mp4 The Cottonwood Rodeo Grounds in Parachute was named as the reunification point for all evacuees.

Perspective signals

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Cottonwood Rodeo Grounds in Parachute was named as the reunification point for all evacuees.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly name the Cottonwood Rodeo Grounds in Parachute as the reunification point/location for evacuees of the fire.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. It was established in 1890 as a freight stop for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad by a group of Fresno businessmen and Michigan railroad sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. George or Saint George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States. It is Utah's fifth-most populous city and the largest outside the Wasatch Front, with a populatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George,_Utah
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Claim 2: “Evacuation orders have been issued east of Parachute for a 90-acre wildfire burning in Garfield County.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm a wildfire burning east of Parachute in Garfield County, Colorado, which triggered evacuation orders. One source specifically mentions the 90-acre size.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Battlement Mesa is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place (CDP), and post office in and governed by Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlement_Mesa,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,685. The county seat is Glenwood Springs, and the largest community is Rifle. The county…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_County,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census. The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute,_Colorado
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Claim 3: “Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for County Road 338, located south of Morrisania Mesa Road.”
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The specific detail regarding County Road 338 south of Morrisania Mesa Road is only mentioned in one news report. Other search results for 'mandatory' are dictionary definitions and do not provide corroborating geographical details.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Synonyms for MANDATORY: compulsory, required, incumbent, necessary, obligatory, urgent, needed, imperative; Antonyms of MANDATORY: optional, voluntary, elective, discretionary, unnecessar…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandatory
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of MANDATORY is required by a law or rule : obligatory. How to use mandatory in a sentence. Did you know?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mandatory
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web search NEUTRAL — MANDATORY definition: 1. Something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law: 2. Something that is mandatory…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mandator…
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