Colorado Springs firefighters are putting out a roof fire that started when workers were laying new shingles on a home just east of downtown.

The fire started around 3 p.m., and crews had to attack flames that spread to part of the attic of the house in the 300 block of South Prospect Street, said Lt. James Eddy, spokesman for the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

Three people live in the house. Firefighters were not immediately sure if the tenants would be able to stay in the house tonight.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Eddy said.

NATO soldiers blocked parts of a road to secure an area adjacent to a police training center after at least three suicide bombers attacked in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday. Photo by The Associated Press

Allauddin Khan