57 inches of precipitation and 11.6 inches of snow this winter season, both well below normal. Drought Monitor, El Paso County remains in a moderate drought. The cause of that fire also has not been determinedĪccording to the most recent statement from the U.S. No injuries were reported and it was 90 percent contained by evening.Ī fire in the 16000 block of Buggywhip Drive in the Black Forest area caused “extensive damage” to one home and burned about 1 acre and a few trees, according to the Falcon Fire Department. The unseasonably warm start to March, coupled with a dry winter and gusty winds Sunday had firefighters around the region on high alert.Įarlier Sunday, a wildfire in Elbert County - the Forest Ridge fire - destroyed at least four homes five outbuildings and burned about 400 acres, officials said. Heavy equipment was brought in to pull burning material from the main mulch pile to extinguish the smoldering fire, El Paso County Wildland Fire tweeted. A grass fire that spread to mulch piles at Rocky Top Resources, a wood recycler and landscape supply center south of Evergreen Cemetery, burned for much of Saturday, sending smoke plumes high into the sky that were visible for miles. The Fort Carson fire was the second major fire in the Colorado Springs area over the weekend. Flames advanced to the fence in the backyard of a housing cluster and burned a patch between it and another housing cluster. One building with a children’s playground in back was surrounded by burnt slopes. But blackened swaths showed how close the flames had come. No homes were damaged, and residents were allowed to return around 7 p.m. Ronald Fitch, garrison commander at the sprawling post south of Colorado Springs. “We don’t anticipate it spreading anymore,” said Col. Crews will monitor hot spots overnight to prevent flare-ups. The grass fire burned 700 acres by the time Fort Carson spokeswoman Brandy Gill declared it “well under control” as darkness was beginning to fall.
Two helicopters dumped water from a nearby reservoir on the fire throughout the afternoon. As flames neared, Evans Army Hospital told those needing health care to go off post to civilian clinics or hospitals, mostly as a precaution, officials said.
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