Small animal assistance was being offered at Powers Pet Emergency, which can be reached at 71.įirefighters who were inside the evacuation zone told FOX31 Denver they heard explosions indicating propane tanks at homes had ignited. Large animal shelters was set up at the Elbert County fairgrounds at 95 Ute Avenue in Kiowa (Phone: 30), deputies said. Palmer Ridge High School (19255 Monument Rd., Monument) was set up as an evacuation center, as well as New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Residents to the east and south of the evacuation area were in a voluntary evacuation zone Wednesday morning, but were being asked to their homes immediately if possible, according to deputies. Areas on pre-evacuation notice Wednesday morning include: to Hodgen Road. Other mandatory evacuations included Goodson Rd. media conference Tuesday, Sheriff Maketa said that the fire had moved across Meridian Road, and that there were mandatory evacuations from Meridian to Eastonville, and from Ayers Road N. The Cathedral Pines neighborhood was also under mandatory evacuation.Īt a 10 p.m. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents to the west by Tahosa Lane and Peregrine Way, to the south by Burgess Road, to the east by Meridian Road and north by Hodgen Road. Officials were still working on Wednesday morning to determine exactly how large the fire is and how many structures have been lost. Video from SkyFOX showed fire had consumed at least 10 homes in the area Tuesday night. No cause for the fire had been released as of Wednesday morning. It is among several fires that started burning in Colorado Wednesday. Tuesday, and quickly spread, being pushed by winds and high temperatures, Maketa said. Speaking with KOAA-TV Wednesday morning, Maketa said “as many as 100 homes” in the area have been destroyed. Sheriff Terry Maketa with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said the evacuation area includes 24,000 acres, and impacts about 5,469 people who live in 1,966 homes in the area. A fast-moving wildfire in the community of Black Forest grew to nearly 8,000 acres with zero percent containment Tuesday night. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĮL PASO COUNTY, Colo. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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