The state’s multi-mission aircraft has been dispatched to the Hayden Pass Fire.
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Sullivan said the fire is believed to have been caused by lightning.
The U.S. Forest Service is not asking for assistance at this time. Evacuation and pre-evacuation orders are in place as a precaution in case the fire continues to grow rapidly Monday.
The warning includes Teller County, Rampart Range, Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, the service said. Smoke and haze from the fire has reached several counties in southern Colorado.
Officials say the fire could burn for a while.
An automated call alerted residents living on Fremont County Road 6 south of County Road 45 that they were on a mandatory evacuation as of 7 a.m. Monday, according to Det.
People evacuating can go to the Howard Fire Department, the sheriff’s office said.
The fire is burning in mixed conifer and heavy dead and down fuels. Megan Richards of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
Jimmy Andrew Suggs, 28, and Zackary Ryan Kuykendall, 26, were arrested at the Nederland High School evacuation site. Please see the Fremont County Sheriff’s Facebook page for official evacuation information.
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As of Sunday evening, there was zero percent containment of the fire’s perimeter.
