GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders after a wildfire broke out Sunday near Carbondale.

Residents in the Panorama Subdivision and areas cast of County Road 100 to Upper Cattle Creek Road are being asked to evacuate.

Roaring Fork High School is the evacuation center.

The 80-acre Coulter Creek Fire, as it is being called, was first reported around noon Sunday.

The cause of the fire is not known at this time.

Firefighters with the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District are responding and multiple ground and air resources are on scene.

Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District

The district is asking residents to avoid the area of County Road 100, County Road 115, County Road 113, and the Missouri Heights area to allow firefighters

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