Small grass fire burning in southeast Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs firefighters wrangled a grass fire just after noon Sunday.
Just before 12:30 p.m. the department Tweeted firefighters had responded to 1981 Birmingham Loop, in southeast Colorado Springs along South Union Boulevard and East Las Vegas Street, for a small fire near the creek bed.
At 12:54 p.m., the department tweeted that firefighters had gotten the fire under control, but would remain on scene to extinguish hot spots. They estimated the fire at a quarter of an acre.
No structures, the department said in the tweet, were threatened by the blaze.
The department did not immediately respond for further information on the fire; check back here for updates.
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