UPDATE: The 403 fire near Florissant is now 1,100 acres.
A wind-whipped wildfire west of Colorado Springs, burning in Park County and Teller County south of Florissant, had, forcing evacuations of 100 homes and putting others on notice.
“We’ve got wind gusts at up to 52 miles per hour today. It will probably be difficult to get any air support today due to the wind. It’s going to be old-fashioned ground crews doing what they can in the face of winds up to 52 mph,” Teller County Sheriff’s Lt. Wes Walter told the Denver Post around 10 a.m.
Firefighters worked through the night trying to contain flames burning in dry grass and spreading into trees, but heavy wind, gusting at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, complicated fire suppression.
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