Per a Monday morning update from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, the 24 Fire that’s burning between Colorado Springs and Penrose in the area of Highway 115 continued its growth over the weekend.
Still at 0 percent containment, the fire has now reached about 7,385 acres, up from a Sunday estimate of 4,605 acres.
The current effort to prevent further spread involves backburning, which basically means deliberately setting fires along firebreaks to reduce potential fuel for the wildfire as it spreads…