UPDATE: Fire on Cheyenne Mountain contained to one acre

Brett Yager

May 6, 2024 at 2:29 PM·1 min read

UPDATE: MONDAY 5/6/2024 2:05 p.m.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Broadmoor Fire Department said it received the call at around 8:20 a.m. for the fire on Transmitter Lane on Cheyenne Mountain. The fire was contained to less than one acre and to what the Broadmoor Fire Department said was the point of origin.

ORIGINAL STORY: EPSO: Fire on Cheyenne Mountain, crews responded

MONDAY 5/6/2024 12:29 p.m.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) said wildland fire units were dispatched to a fire on Cheyenne Mountain on Monday, May 6.

According to EPSO, at around 9:30 a.m. Wildland Fire was responding to a fire on Cheyenne Mountain, with Broadmoor Fire Department in command of operations.

FOX21 has reached out to Broadmoor Fire Department for more information and will update this article when we learn more.

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX21 News Colorado.

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UPDATE: Fire on Cheyenne Mountain contained to one acre

UPDATE: MONDAY 5/6/2024 2:05 p.m.

ORIGINAL STORY: EPSO: Fire on Cheyenne Mountain, crews responded

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