Overview
- Colorado’s emergency management office ordered a two-mile evacuation around County Road F45 and Highway 115, with a three-mile pre-evacuation zone for nearby areas.
- Pathfinder Park is serving as the evacuation site for residents, pets, and livestock, and information is available at 719-276-7421.
- The fire is burning on Fort Carson land east of Highway 115, has reached about 1,067 acres, and is reported at zero percent containment.
- State Highway 115 is closed in both directions with differing reported closure points and no estimate for reopening.
- Fremont County deputies are going door-to-door and ask evacuees to leave a note on their doors; officials say the cause is believed to be human and no injuries or structural losses have been reported.