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Saguache wildfire spurs evacuations
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News
June 24, 2006
As firefighters were getting a handle on the Mato Vega Fire on Friday, a fast-moving blaze in nearby Saguache County forced people from their homes.
The Saguache County fire was in the area of Cool Broth Canyon near La Garita, where sheriff's deputies were ordering mandatory evacuations.
The number of burned acres could not be immediately determined.
Meanwhile, residents of the Wagon Creek Ranch subdivision received good news Friday morning when Costilla County sheriff's deputies lifted a mandatory evacuation order.
The Mato Vega Fire had grown to about 13,000 acres and was about 35 percent contained Friday, Pramuk said.
On the Western Slope, firefighters were extinguishing the 640-acre Jolly Mesa Fire about three miles west of New Castle. Marilyn Krause, incident management team spokesman, said the blaze, which may have been caused by people, was about 25 percent contained.
No evacuations have been ordered, but authorities were concerned about structures scattered in the path of the fire.
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