Credit CSFD Twitter (@CSFDPIO)Firefighters put out a 3-acre fire in Stratton Open Space
UPDATE: 01/29/15, 9:41 AM: CSFD released official details of the fire last night. It burned a total of 5.92 acres, with five agencies responding: Colorado Springs Fire Department, Colorado Springs Utilities Wildland Team, El Paso County Wildland Team, Pike National Forest Fire, Broadmoor Fire Rescue.
UPDATE: 01/27/15, 5:29 PM: CSFD spokesman Captain Steve Oswald says a juvenile's misuse of a lighter caused the fire.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a three-acre grass fire early Tuesday afternoon in Stratton Open Space, where a visible plume of smoke could be seen. KRCC’s Dana Cronin reports.
Four agencies and over forty firefighters responded to the fire in Southwest Colorado Springs.