Just when the temperatures started to drop, Mother Nature reminded Southern Colorado residents about the current dry conditions it has experienced.
Over the last few weeks, three wildfires have raged near the border of Teller County. Luckily, no casualties have been reported or structures have been lost at this point.
The first wildfire to make headlines ignited on September 25 at the northeastern section of Teller near the Douglas County border at the Turkey Tracks shooting range. According to officials, the area is frequented by recreational shooters, making it a common spot for blazes to occur.
Since the area receives heavy traffic from recreational shooters, fires ignite in the area quite often. In fact, the forest service already has built fire breaks around the area to prevent any of the 5 to 10 fires ignited every year in the area from spreading to other more populated regions.
The Turkey Tracks 5 fire grew to about 30 acres and prompted the closure of the region to target shooters for a few days until the fire burnt itself out.
Then on September 28, a grass fire sparked up in Park County, five miles southeast of the town Jefferson and north of Tarryall Reservoir and Lake George. The 821 Fire grew to about 95 acres but it never threatened any structures or forced any evacuations.
After a few days, the fire had zero containment, but officials said the fire line they dug around it would hold. Authorities said smoke would be visible for a few days.
The next day on September 29, Woodland Park residents got concerned after hearing about a wildfire breaking out on Rampart Range in El Paso County just 8.6 miles northeast of Woodland Park. The North Beaver Creek Fire was reported just before 7 a.m. that Sunday morning, and only grew to a quarter acre.
Later that day, officials said firefighters from Monument Fire and the U.S. Forest Service had stopped forward progression of the blaze and dug a fire line around it. The cause of any of the fires is not yet known
