Live pictures from KOAA showing nearby small trees bowed from the wind (20 mph and increasing) and large, increasingly intense plumes of black smoke. Red flag weather conditions posted.
Mandatory evacuation area expanded:
1:41 p.m. Mandatory Evacuation announced for northern Colorado Springs — Northern Boundary: North Gate and Old North Gate Road - Southern Boundary: Flying Horse Club Drive (to include homes south of Flying Horse Club Drive on Barossa Valley Road and Veneto Way)/Vine Cliff Heights/Equinox Drive/Serenity Peak Drive - Eastern Boundary: Highway 83 - Western Boundary: Voyager Parkway