A new wildfire sparked Sunday in northern Colorado’s mountains, forcing evacuations near Stagecoach State Park in Routt County, according to county officials. Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency in response, according to a release from his office.
The Green Ridge fire was discovered Sunday near the Stagecoach Reservoir, . That’s roughly 17 miles south of Steamboat Springs.
The governor’s release stated that there was zero containment and that 25 acres were burning as of Sunday night, with an estimated 480 structures under threat.
As of Monday morning, mandatory evacuations were in effect for an area bordered to the west by Routt County Road 212, to the south by Green Ridge, to the east by Service Creek and to the north by Stage Coach Reservoir, .
Pre-evacuations were also in place at that time for an area east and north of the mandatory evacuation zone. That area was bordered to the north by Stagecoach State Park and Blacktail Mountain, to the west by Routt County Road 16 and to the east by Service Creek and Bushy Creek.
Information on the cause of the fire was not immediately available.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
