Thousands of acres are within the Aspen Acres fire perimeter in Pueblo County, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders from Custer County to Interstate 25.

Residents of Beulah, Rye and along Colorado 165 to Old San Isabel Road in Custer County were ordered to evacuate because of the Aspen Acres fire, which has grown to 23,123 acres since igniting Monday morning. Those orders stretch from Lake Isabel to I-25, around 5 miles south of Pueblo.

Officials there have set up an evacuation center at 1650 Cooper Place at the Pueblo County Recreation Center and a shelter at Wetmore Community Center, 95 County Road 393, in addition to a large animal shelter at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo.

The initial large animal shelter at 4 Bar S, 6675 Colorado 78, was relocated.

In Fremont County, officials have established a shelter at Pathfinder Park in Florence for residents affected by the 11 fire in the northern part of the county. The Bureau of Land Management has taken command of the fire, which has grown to 55 acres since its discovery Sunday evening.

Current evacuation order and center information can be found on the following agency’s social media pages:

• Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office
• Custer County Sheriff’s Office
• Fremont County Sheriff’s Office