Five-acre brush fire is contained near site of previous vegetation fires that forced evacuation of Colorado town - CBS Colorado
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A small brush fire on Tuesday afternoon in Douglas County was contained about 2 hours after it started. It was located just a few miles from fires that broke out Sunday that forced the evacuations of the Colorado town of Louviers.
Tuesday's fire was measured at approximately 5 acres. South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded at around 2:30 p.m. near 6005 Ron King Trail, in open space east of Highway 85 and south of Littleton. By approximately 4:30 p.m. firefighters had contained it.
No structures were threatened by the fire.
A helicopter dropped water on the fire from the air during the firefight.
The burn area is about 3 miles away from the Airport Fires, previously referred to as the Titan Court Fires, that sparked on Sunday and forced the evacuation of Louviers.
Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022.
