El Paso County officials initially estimated the fire was 4,000 acres, but revised the size to 3,000 acres Thursday night.

Evacuations were ordered on Thursday afternoon after a wildfire ignited near the Colorado Springs Airport. According to the emergency alert system Peak Alerts, anyone within a zone stretching from Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road and to the east border of Schriever Space Force Base in Ellicott,

At least one structure has burned down and several evacuations have been ordered for a grass fire burning east of the Colorado Springs Airport.The El Paso County Sheriff’s office said all mandatory evacuations were reduced to voluntary evacuations except for Blamey Road south of 94 - Hammer Ranch Road and Francis Coalmine Road.