{"id":2447138,"date":"2019-08-04T18:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=310720"},"modified":"2019-08-04T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T00:09:10","slug":"crews-responding-to-flash-flooding-on-lake-christine-fire-burn-scar-near-basalt-evacuations-starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/crews-responding-to-flash-flooding-on-lake-christine-fire-burn-scar-near-basalt-evacuations-starting\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews responding to flash flooding on Lake Christine Fire burn scar near Basalt; evacuations starting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-04-at-5.51.57-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-04-at-5.51.57-PM.png 522w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-04-at-5.51.57-PM-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Crews are responding to Sunday flooding coming from the Lake Christine Fire burn scar near Basalt after a heavy storm rolled through the midvalley.<\/p>\n<p>An emergency alert was sent out about 5:30 p.m. by officials and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 5:45 p.m. for areas including Basalt and El Jebel. The warning is in effect until 8:45 p.m., the NWS said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Pitkin County alert, there is \u201cactive flooding in the Lake Christine Burn Area. Please take all necessary precautions which may include shelter-in-place or seeking higher ground. Do not enter flowing water or debris.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>An evacuation center is being set up at the Eagle County building at Crown Mountain Park. Crews are evacuating homes on Pinon Drive and Cedar Drive above the Pinon intersection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll persons on Pinion Road and &amp; Cedar Drive above Pinion Road in Basalt \u2014 climb or drive to higher ground NOW. Active flooding and debris flows in area,\u201d an alert at 6:05 p.m. warns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crews were first called to the area of Cedar Drive, which is up Fryingpan River, around 5:30 p.m. Crews described \u201csignificant water flows\u201d on Cedar Drive near Pinon Drive.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/lake-christine-fire-anniversary-special-section\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lake Christine Fire started on July 3, 2018 (opens in a new tab)\">Lake Christine Fire started on July 3, 2018<\/a>, and burned more than 12,500 acres on Basalt Mountain. The fire was started by two people using tracer rounds at the firing range near town.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story that will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/crews-responding-to-flash-flooding-on-lake-christine-fire-burn-scar-near-basalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crews are responding to Sunday flooding coming from the Lake Christine Fire burn scar near Basalt after a heavy storm rolled through the midvalley. An emergency alert was sent out about 5:30 p.m. by officials and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 5:45 p.m. for areas including Basalt and El Jebel. 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