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.According to Peak Alerts, anyone within a zone stretching from Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road - north to Highway 94 and Franceville Coal Mine - and to the east border of Schriever Space Force Base in Ellicott,

Two fires in the Colorado Springs area Thursday afternoon have prompted road closures. A fire near the airport has also prompted evacuations.

Evacuation have been issued for people from Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road North to Highway 94 and Franceville Coal Mine, and to the east border of Schriever Space Force Base in Ellicott. People in those areas are being told to evacuate.

The Colorado Springs Fire Department posted on social media about the grass fire, located near the intersection of S. Meridian Road and Drennan Road. By 1:41 p.m. a mandatory immediate evacuation of residents along Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road north to Highway 94 and Franceville Coal Mine,

The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is responding to a grass fire east of the Colorado Springs Airport Thursday afternoon. CSFD estimated the blaze being called the Meridian Fire about 3,000 acres as of 3:15 p.