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High Park Fire grows slightly overnight, containment holds at 10% Sunday

Four Mile Fire Protection District

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Fire officials reported Sunday that the High Park Fire was 1,173 acres in size, that's more than 70 acres larger than last update, and 10% contained.

A community town hall meeting will be held at 1:00 Sunday at Cripple Creek Victor High School, according to the Teller County Sheriff's Office.

The incident management team said there was a chance for isolated thunderstorms Sunday afternoon that would bring wind but little chance of rain.

Fire officials said the blaze has been most active at the southeast corner of the fire perimeter, where it jumped across Fourmile Creek.

(Fremont County Director of Emergency Management)

Mandatory evacuations are still in effect for Lakemoor Subdivision, Cripple Creek Ranches, and the Mt. Pisgah area.

Pre-evacuation orders are in place for Rhyolite Mountain Mesa, Monarch and Lost Canyon. County Road 11 is closed from milepost 3 to County Road 112.

A Red Cross evacuation center has been set up at Woodland Park High School and livestock can be taken to the Cripple Creek Fairgrounds.

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