Multiple crews from across the county are responding to the Meridian Fire burning east of Schriever Space Force Base Thursday afternoon.

The Colorado Springs Fire Department posted on social media about the grass fire, located near the intersection of S. Meridian Road and Drennan Road. By 1:41 p.m. a mandatory immediate evacuation of residents along Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road north to Highway 94 and Franceville Coal Mine,