{"id":107940,"date":"2026-01-01T23:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107940\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:36:11","slug":"fire-in-el-paso-county-triggers-brief-evacuation-order-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107940\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in El Paso County triggers brief evacuation order on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. \u2013 A fire burning off Highway 94 in El Paso County near a distribution center briefly triggered an evacuation order Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

As of 1:39 p.m., the alert was lifted<\/a>, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office,<\/a> which added that \u201cit was safe to return to the area.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Here was the alert from the Pikes Peak Office of Emergency Management which triggered the initial evacuation<\/p>\n

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has issued an EVACUATION ORDER for West of Curtis Rd, South of Davis Rd, East of Blaney Rd, North of Hwy 94 due to a FIRE near Dragonman Distributors- 1200 Dragonman Dr. Everyone in this area is ordered to EVACUATE NOW.<\/p>\n

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Pikes Peak Office of Emergency Management<\/p>\n

This is in an area roughly 16 miles east of Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate word on the size of the fire. This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n

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