More than 200 horses have been evacuated from a wildfire burning near Manitou Springs, Colo.

David Rose, public information officer for El Paso County, Colo., said that on June 23 county fire officials began receiving initial calls about the Waldo Canyon wildfire. Since then, the blaze has forced 6,000 people and an unknown number of horses to evacuate, he said.

"We don’t know exactly how many (horses) have been evacuated, but we do know they have been placed at the Teller County Fairgrounds in Cripple Creek and at the Norris Penrose Equestrian Center in Colorado Springs," Rose said.

Humane organization personnel and fairgrounds and equestrian center staff are caring for the animals, Rose said