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A disaster emergency was declared Monday by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis as the burning near Trinidad reached over 300 acres within the Lake Dorothy State Wildlife Area.
The verbal declaration by the governor activates the State Emergency Operations Plan and directs the Department of Public Safety and its Divisions of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) and Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) to take all necessary and appropriate actions to assist with response, recovery and mitigation efforts.
Support includes engine and hand crews to assist in containment efforts, DFPC aerial resources, and the DFPC-sponsored Type 3 Incident Management Team to manage incident response efforts.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
