Grass fire spreading to structure near highway 94 in Colorado, El Paso County CO

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 11:57 AM

CO-94, Colorado

Fire crews are responding to a grass fire near highway 94 in Colorado that has spread to a structure. Evacuation zones are being considered between Dix Springs, highway 94, Calhan, and Lompe. The fire is being contained; a small fire to the north is not considered a threat.

Audio|Source: El Paso County Sheriff's Office EPSO-1

02:30

Transcript:

00:00

So they need evax from Dix Springs to highway 94 westbound to Calhann and east down to Lompe.

00:13

Let me look at that if that's going to work or if we need to expand it.

00:18

Stand 521.

00:29

I need that.

00:34

Thought that would get there by then. I'm gonna get up here and see unless they have to knock down us. They have it knocked down a little bit.

00:50

Matt, this is My trailer 42.

00:53

If you need, you can go to my place, grab my car, a truck at Metro there, and use it.

01:00

You want to come.

01:03

One out five to have a week break.

01:06

And if you want to hurt, I mean,

01:11

we get it.

01:13

I can head that way since I'm done with what I'm doing at the school. It should be about another 10 minutes.

01:27

Staffordered, can we show Y-7-5 over here?

01:38

I'm with fire commands.

01:40

They have the fire stop right now.

01:43

We do have a structure part though.

01:45

Break.

01:50

Any further you've got to me now, but they don't...

01:53

They're just, yeah,

01:55

she's up and set in five as well right now.

02:10

And I'm just a paper when all that smoke you see on the south side that's actually a structure that's not grass anymore.

02:17

So they're just working on containing that break.

02:21

They have that small one up north but that's not a concern.

02:26

It should go blow itself out, so we should be okay for now.

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