These are photos I took from the park next door. You can see Garden of the Gods in the middle ground.
The fire started about noon in Waldo Canyon and basically followed the prevailing winds north and east. There is great concern that it will jump the ridge and burn down Williams Canyon into Manitou. However, the mandatory evacuations have been on Cedar Ridge above Garden of the Gods and west of 30th by the Flying W and towards Mountain Shadows. Scary business.
Great pictures! I was a lot more cavalier until I ran out to grab a bite at Arby’s! The fire is just cresting the last ridge before the clinic on Centennial. I really had to fight the urge to run over and see how things are, but they don’t need any more traffic and I think I heard on KRCC that the intersection at 30th and Centennial is blocked anyway. That’s less than a mile from the clinic. Fortunately, I turned my keys in anyway.