#230Fire aka #ThorpeFire: Wildland Fire in Park County in Lake George

Per cosmiccowboy55: District 8/Lake George Fire Protection District responding to wildland fire on Forest Service Road 227. Hartsel Fire to provide mutual aid.

Crews en route see a large plume of smoke, requesting Teller County put their wildland crew on standby.

Putting Webber Park Subdivision on pre-evac.
Homes off of 44 and River Ranch will receive evacuation notice.

Brush 84 has arrived on scene,fire looks to be about half an acre in size. They are at CR 77 and CR 31.

Checking on availability of resources, ground and air. 2 Mods and an engine, helicopter available.

All Lake George Fire is on scene.

Can't get tenders in close to the fire, flame lengths 1-2 feet, it's in the trees, heavily wooded, spread potential is high, going downslope at this time.

#230 Command is requesting small brush trucks and hand crews. Asking for Teller County's wildland task force to send brush truck. Directions: County Road 31 to Forest Service Road 230.

Need to evacuate campgrounds off of/in between Forest Service Road 230 and 44.

Asking incoming resources to standby and stage where they are currently located, do not continue in or dump more water.

Forest service now has command of the fire. They are evacuating campers from FS Road 227, 231, and CR 44. Leaving some resources to hold the line along the road, now moving staging back to 31 and 231 to focus on structure protection.

Edit to add: Teller County Sheriff's Office en route to assist with evacuations, traffic control.

Fire is currently 50 acres, doing structure protection for Webber Park.

Park County Alerts
August 23, 2020 3:40 PM
Thorp Fire
The Thorp Fire is wild land fire of approximately 50 acres at this time. Mandatory evacuation order for campers off of County Road 31 and surrounding Forest Service roads. This is a mandatory evacuation.

According to WildCAD, the fire is 100 acres. Latitude/Longitude 39 6.312, -105 31.614. Air tanker(s) now providing support in addition to helicopter.

From Park County:
August 23, 2020 at 4:10pm
A pre-evacuation order is in effect for residents of Webber Park Subdivision

at 4:12pm
The Lake George Community Center at 39141 US Highway 24 in Lake George will be opened as an evacuation information center.

From Park County Alerts at 4:55pm
4:30pm: A mandatory evacuation order is now in effect for Webber Park Subdivision.