El Paso County officials initially estimated the fire was 4,000 acres, but revised the size to 3,000 acres Thursday night.

Evacuation orders have been lifted for the Meridian Fire, which sparked Thursday afternoon near the Colorado Springs Airport.

The Meridian fire burned about 3,000 acres east of Schriever Space Force Base, officials with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said about 6 p.m. Thursday. By 9:30 p.m., all evacuation notices were lifted in the area. The fire, which sparked at about 1 p.m., was 70% contained as of 9 p.m., the sheriff’s office said.

Two fires in the Colorado Springs area Thursday afternoon have prompted road closures. A fire near the airport has also prompted evacuations.

Evacuations were ordered on Thursday afternoon after a fire ignited near the Colorado Springs Airport. According to the emergency alert system Peak Alerts, anyone within a zone stretching from Gusty Bluffs Point and Meridian Road and to the east border of Schriever Space Force Base in Ellicott,

You can watch the full press conference with CSFD in the video player above. UPDATE: THURSDAY 3/13/2025 3:54 p.m. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Meridian Fire has burned 4,000 acres and one structure, according to an update from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO).

Crews were responding to a grass fire east of the Colorado Springs Airport Thursday afternoon, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department.