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DENVER – Firefighters will continue to fight Mother Nature while they work to contain several forest fires that burned this week in Colorado.
Several new fires broke out last week in hot, dry conditions.
The spring fire in Costilla County, which began on Wednesday, destroyed 104 homes and is now the largest fire in the state. Firefighters said Monday night that the fire, which burns between La Veta and Fort Garland, is over 56,800 acres. It is now contained at 10%
MAP: Here are the major forest fires currently burning in Colorado
Here are the latest details on some of the great fires that are burning in the state :
Location: 5 miles east of Fort. Garland
Size: 56,280
Containment: 10%
Up to now, 104 houses have been destroyed and 61 intact, the owners said Monday to the landowners in the Forbes Park area
. to trigger the activity. There is no estimate of reopening at this time. Route 12 is also closed in the Cuchara Valley region due to mandatory evacuations. A total of 593 houses were evacuated in Costilla County, while 1,483 were evacuated in Huerfano County.
For a list of evacuations in Huerfano County, visit the Huerfano County Facebook page www.Facebook.com/HuerfanoCountyOEM. For evacuations in Costilla County, visit the San Luis Valley Emergency page at slvemergency.org for a current evacuation map.
A Danish suspected of arson has been arrested and placed on immigration stand last week in connection with the fire. 19659002] A community meeting for those who had to evacuate their homes is scheduled for 1 pm Monday at the community center evacuation center Blanca / Fort Garland, 17591 E. Hwy. 160.
Anyone with any other questions about spring fire can call a phone line at 719-480-8719
Division Light
Location: 32 miles NW of Craig
Area : 5,136 acres
] Confinement: 10%
Road closures are in place at the intersection of Moffat County Roads 7 and 17; and Moffat County Roads 7 and 5. A house was destroyed near the city of Divide
High Castle Fire
Location: NW of Cripple Creek
Size: 1,522 acres
Containment: 0% [19659012] Weston Pass Light
Location: 14 km southwest of Fairplay
Size: 4,138 acres
Containment: 0%
Sugarloaf Light
Location: 13 miles SW Fraser
Confinement: 0 per cent
Stonemoor's Fire
Location: Stonemoor Ward, Pueblo
Area: 217 acres
Containment: 100%
Golf Course Fire
Location : Near Grand Lake
] Size: 20 acres
Containment: 100%
416 Fire
Location: 13 miles N of Durango
Size: 51,068 acres
Containment: 37 %
Burro Fire
: 14 miles S from Rico
Height: 4,415 acres
Containment: 40% [19659002]
No e: This map and the data it contains are stored by the Colorado Emergency Operations Center and some information may be delayed. Check with your local fire district for the most up-to-date information.
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