The Black Ridge Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon on Southern Ute land in southern La Plata County. Here's the latest:

4:55 p.m.

Residential structures and oil and gas resources are threatened by the fire, according to Durango Fire Protection District spokesman Scot Davis.

4:25 p.m.

"We are organizing pre-evacuation notices and structure fire protection for the High Flume (Canyon) area right now," said Butch Knowlton, director of emergency management for La Plata County. "We have fire and law enforcement personnel on scene." Emergency personnel are organizing a command post at the old Sunnyside Grange, which is across U.S. Highway 550 from Sunnyside Elementary School.

The fire is reported at about 50 acres with 100-foot flames.

4:10 p.m.

Multiple agencies are responding to a fire in southern La Plata County.

The fire is burning on the eastern side of Black Ridge near La Posta Road (County Road 213), said Rich Gustafson, fire management officer for the Southern Ute Tribe Bureau of Indian Affairs. The fire is on Southern Ute land at this time, he said.

The large plume of smoke can be seen for miles, including in Durango.

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