More than 20,000 homes and over 1,600 businesses are threatened by the fire. Kissing Camels subdivision is not under evacuation. If the fire keeps going the way it is (south) Old Colorado City will be threatened. 6,200 acres have burned so far. Unfortunately, now part of it is in the city. c

At 11:45 today, Woodland Park in Teller County went under mandatory evacuationand just a few minutes two more Colorado Springs communities are now under pre-evacuation - Pleasant Valley, Holland Park, Fillmore to Garden of the Gods and the west side of Monument. Green Mountain Falls is burning. Crystola on both sides of El Past/Teller County line are evacuating. 32,500 people are now displaced 15,324 acres have burned 1,000 firefighters are on scene from across the country Hwy 24 is completely closed and not scheduled to open anytime soon. Those stats as of 8:00 a.m. this a.m. The next update won't occur until 8:00 p.m. tonight. Last night he area looked like a war zone....so, so much damage. Just and FYI: praying for a good rain to douse the fire will end up with flash flooding. Colleen