El Paso County officials initially estimated the fire was 4,000 acres, but revised the size to 3,000 acres Thursday night.

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.

At least one structure has burned down and several evacuations have been ordered for a grass fire burning east of the Colorado Springs Airport.The El Paso County Sheriff’s office said all mandatory evacuations were reduced to voluntary evacuations except for Blamey Road south of 94 - Hammer Ranch Road and Francis Coalmine Road.