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

Evacuations were lifted for a wildfire in El Paso County grew to several thousand acres on Thursday in windy conditions.

At least one structure has burned down and several evacuations have been ordered for a grass fire burning east of the Colorado Springs Airport.The El Paso County Sheriff’s office said all mandatory evacuations were reduced to voluntary evacuations except for Blamey Road south of 94 - Hammer Ranch Road and Francis Coalmine Road.