New Wildfire Breaks Out In Park County, Evacuations Ordered
LAKE GEORGE, Colo. (CBS4) - Forest officials say a few wildfire has broken out in Park County, and evacuations are being ordered.
The fire was named the Arkansas Fire was apparently was sparked by lightning. It is located about a mile south of Highway 24 in the Pike National Forest, near Lake George.
As of Thursday at noon it had burned about 10 acres. Evacuations were ordered for a 1 mile area around Lake George.
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