TWO GRASS FIRES WERE REPORTED IN THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. A WILDFIRE BROKE OUT SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN. THE FIRE GREW TO 100 ACRES. DESPITE HIGH WINDS FIREFIGHTERS FROM NUMEROUS AGENCIES WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE FIRE AND KNOCK IT DOWN. THERE WERE SOME PRE EVACUATION NOTICES. A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED, BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNKNOWN. IN ELBERT COUNTY A WILDFIRE HAS GROWN TO SOME 600 ACRES, BUT AS OF LAST NIGHT WAS REPORTEDLY 85% CONTAINED. THE FIRE WAS BURNING OFF ELBERT ROAD EAST OF WEST KIOWA CREEK. 6 DIFFERENT AGENCIES ARE WORKING THE BLAZE. SO FAR NO BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
