Teller County residents who fled ahead of a wind-driven fire that broke out Wednesday west of Cripple Creek were allowed to return to their homes by 9 p.m. Friday evening, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said.The fire is contained, but fire hoses are being left out as a precautionary measure, and firefighters will be patrolling the area throughout the night, according to a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, Sam McVay.“The firefighters were fantastic,” McVay said Friday evening. “They jumped on this incredibly fast, and kept it contained to about 50 acres.”On Wednesday, residents of the Navajo Mountain Mesa subdivision were told to flee as the Navajo fire grew and threatened their homes. Flames came within 15 feet of one house, although no structures were damaged. Earlier on Friday, at least 150 firefighters were on scene, building lines around the Navajo fire.Another 40 firefighters from Utah arrived on Friday morning to help extinguish the blaze that broke out on the ninth anniversary of the start of the Hayman fire, which was the worst in Colorado state history.Workers rechecked structures during the night and reported that homes and vehicles are undamaged  and phone lines appeared to be intact.Investigators identified the fire’s point of origin and collected soil samples, but the cause still hasn’t been determined.The evacuation advisory for a few homes threatened by two fires on Fort Carson’s Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site near Trinidad was lifted, a post spokesman said Friday, although no update was provided on the size of the fires or containment.On Thursday afternoon, the Army said the Callie Marie fire had burned 6,500 acres and 30 percent contained. As of Friday afternoon the much larger Bear Springs fire had blackened 26,000 acres and was half contained.

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