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A 52-year-old man was arrested in Colorado for setting off spring fires, which reached more than 40,000 acres on Saturday.
The Costilla County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Jesper Joergensen had been detained on Saturday after the announcement had been made at a community meeting held by Luis Emergency Officers. Valley.
"The initial cause of the fire was of human origin," said the sheriff's department on Facebook.
Colorado Springs ABC affiliate, KRDO, reported that spring fire had reached 41,292 acres as of 7:15 pm local time on Saturday and was still at 0 percent containment.
Sheriffs County Joergensen was arrested without incident, but the sheriff's office did not provide further information about the circumstances of his arrest.
The investigation was conducted by the Costilla County Sheriff's Office with the help of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Criminal Investigators, the Colorado State Patrol ( CSP) and Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE).
Authorities have announced further mandatory evacuations in the area of Highway 160 near Fort Garland, Colorado, to 8:45 pm Saturday residents of Huerfano County were notified of pre-evacuation at approximately 10:00 pm
The fire is currently burning in a rural and mountainous area of southern Colorado near the Great Sand Dunes National Park. The forest fire is about two hours south of Colorado Springs and three hours south of Denver.
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