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

Evacuations were ordered on Thursday afternoon after a fire 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,

Crews were responding to a grass fire east of the Colorado Springs Airport Thursday afternoon, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department.