Via the Denver Post:
Air support arrived Wednesday afternoon to help fight a new wildfire burning in southern Jefferson County and evacuations have been ordered for residents.
Residents in the area of the Chair Rock fire, located south of Conifer and east of Bailey, are reporting heavy smoke in the area, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Air support is already making water drops on the fire.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered shortly before 2 p.m. for a three-mile radius around the intersection of South Foxton Road and West Platte River Road. Residents in the area are being told to leave immediately.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is tweeting news and safety tips:
3 mile #ChairRockFire evac is centered at GPS 39.43635,-105.234953 CodeRED alert sent to gray area on this map pic.twitter.com/j9wGhuKPMQ
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) June 19, 2013
Deputies manually knocking on doors to evacuate residents #ChairRockFire
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) June 19, 2013
Take a deep breath and remember your plan. Life safety always takes priority over property #ChairRockFire Evac Level 3 #cofire
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) June 19, 2013
.@wind4me Ordered a SEAT. Have one helicopter. More being ordered.
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) June 19, 2013
Meanwhile, news organizations and reporters are posting photos to Twitter:
C-130 doing slurry drop now over #ChairRockFire – watching from SKY9 http://t.co/fipLdGgZY6. #COFire photo: pic.twitter.com/AanFEyxqiH
— 9NEWS Denver (@9NEWS) June 19, 2013
Wow. C130 already over fire. That's unprecedented fed response this early #9news #breaking #chairrockfire pic.twitter.com/E2Etn9zDG8
— Chris Vanderveen (@chrisvanderveen) June 19, 2013
Another CO fire 🙁 #LimeGulchFire RT @DenverChannel: Wow. Chopper getting great photos of #ChairRockFire. pic.twitter.com/ZTpEMTOP3k
— Erik Parker (@shhlacker) June 19, 2013
Pic 24m ago. Now #LimeGulchFire. MT @eegan9news: Smoke plume coming over media staging area just N of #ChairRockFire. pic.twitter.com/jO4GiWfbKJ
— Mile High Brendan (@MileHighBrendan) June 19, 2013
Please note the hashtag change below to include in your Twitter search:
PLS RT Jeffcosheriffco @jeffcosheriffco Attention #CoFire Twittersphere: The #ChairRockFire is now named #LimeGulchFire. Pls use the new tag
— Disaster Info Alert (@ALERTNewsInfo) June 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/ne033x/status/347466141402284032
Updated map:
UPDATED MAP: #LimeGulchFire = #ChairRockFire location including Buffalo Creek Township http://t.co/TBkp3ut2qa pic.twitter.com/skiBIg4aG8
— Sean 316 (@ramit48) June 19, 2013
Twitchy will monitor the story and will update this post as new developments occur.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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