Finger pushing
loader-image
weather icon 59°F


Crews fighting wildfire northwest of Colorado Springs

A wildfire several miles west of Larkspur on U.S. Forest Service land, known as the East Plum fire, has burned about one acre as of 7 p.m. Thursday, according to Fire Information Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center Larry Helmerick. 

An air tanker dropped retardant on the fire but a containment line has not been set, according to Helmerick. 

Air containment operations had to be stopped when someone flew a drone over the area, Helmerick said.

“Please be careful as 80% of forest fires are human-caused,” Helmerick warned.

Gazette Lights Stock Photo

Tags


Welcome Back.

Streak: 9 days i

Stories you've missed since your last login:

Stories you've saved for later:

Recommended stories based on your interests:

Edit my interests