Five-acre brush fire breaks out near site of previous vegetation fires that forced evacuation of Colorado town
Tuesday's fire was first reported by South Metro Fire Rescue around 2:30 p.m. near 6005 Ron King Trail, in open space east of Highway 85 and south of Littleton.
The fire was approximately 5 acres as of around 3 p.m. was moving to the southwest "at a moderate rate of spread in heavy timber, brush and shrub oak," according to South Metro Fire Rescue, which went on to say that no structures were threatened.
Just before 3:30 p.m., the department said that an incoming storm is "becoming a concern for crews in the area. The head of the fire has been knocked, crews are still working on fire in the interior perimeter."
Crews were working to extinguish the fire from the ground as a helicopter dropped water on the fire from the air.
The are of the fire is about 3 miles away from the Airport Fires, previously referred to as the Titan Court Fires, that sparked on Sunday and forced the evacuation of the small and nearby town of Louviers.
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