Coloradans in Fremont and Costilla counties were still under mandatory evacuation orders Saturday as wildfires continued to burn roughly 100 miles apart on Fort Carson and in Chama Canyon.
The 24 fire is burning on 1,126 acres with no containment, Fort Carson officials said in a Saturday afternoon update, nearly doubling in size since Friday morning.
“High winds and hot, dry temperatures have increased the fire’s activity,” a spokesperson with the U.S. Army post near Colorado Springs said in a statement…