Ptarmigan fire forces evacuations in Summit County

A wildfire burning extracurricular Silverthorne has prompted evacuations Monday evening, exigency absorption officials said.

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office issued mandatory evacuations for the Hamilton Creek neighborhood, which contains astir 291 homes, portion Angler Mountain Ranch is nether pre-evacuation notice.

The Ptarmigan occurrence is burning betwixt 25 and 30 acres, Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons said during a Monday evening quality conference. Evacuees are improbable to beryllium capable to instrumentality to their homes Monday night, the sheriff said.

The Red Cross is mounting up a structure for evacuees astatine Summit Middle School, 158 School Road successful Frisco.

Fire officials expressed optimism during Monday evening that favorable upwind volition forestall the occurrence from increasing rapidly.

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