COLORADO SPRINGS — On Monday night, the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is responding to a grass fire near 2813 Straus Lane in Colorado Springs.
The fire was also near the VA Clinic on Filmore and Centennial.
The fire was around two acres and was going uphill.
CSFD is deploying a drone piloted by Captain Smaldino to assist the incident commander with the operations and overview of the fire. pic.twitter.com/lYxjd8Nge2
— CSFD PIO (@CSFDPIO) April 12, 2022
Police tell News 5 that some homes were preparing to evacuate, but in the end, no evacuations happened.
At around 8:30 p.m. CSFD said that the fire was 100 percent contained, and no one was injured.
Crews stayed on the scene to put out some hot spots.
No word yet on what started the fire.
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