Fire in Ellicott area may have been set

Authorities were investigating a fire in the Ellicott area late Tuesday and suspect it was intentionally set, authorities said.

No one was hurt and no buildings were damaged, said El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa.

Maketa didn't know the size of the fire. He said an initial report indicated it stretched over a mile and was moving fast.

The blaze was brought under control late Tuesday. Firefighters from agencies in the area including Peyton and Calhan were mopping up hot spots.

Ellicott is an unincorporated community 24 miles east of Colorado Springs on Colorado Highway 94.

A wildfire near Carbondale, in the mountains about 237 miles from Colorado Springs, blackened about 1,000 acres and injured one resident.

Garfield County sheriff's spokeswoman Tanny McGinnis said she had no information on the extent or nature of the injuries.

A school and a horse farm were evacuated. Authorities had said they were preparing to evacuate a subdivision with an unknown number of homes, but it wasn't immediately clear whether anyone had left.

Red Cross spokeswoman B.J. Coyle said the agency had been told to prepare for up to 1,000 evacuees from the Carbondale fire.