Small outside fire reported near housing area

Heard on: El Paso County CO Fire Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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City of Fountain, bonfire, 200 and forty-one respond.

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Fountain Mesa Road and East Ohio Avenue for bonfire.

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Time out, 18 thirty-five.

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Two hundred and eighty-four, I show you responding to (number withheld) Rancher Drive.

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If you can advise on staging, we do have log wrap for this call.

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Dispatch 211 , take 200 and forty-one off and assign 02:11 .

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Two eleven, I copy.

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Show you responding to Fountain Mesa.

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And East Ohio Avenue for a bonfire.

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He advised that there's a homeless man standing there creating sparks at a small wooded spot near that area.

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Break.

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RP said it's going to be right before you get to the housing development.

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It is not spreading.

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There is no active fire.

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Not spreading, not actively on fire.

2026-10-29 00:35 UTC

Fire

E Ohio Ave & Fountain Mesa Rd, Fountain, CO 80817

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers reported a possible small bonfire near Fountain Mesa Road and East Ohio Avenue in Fountain. A homeless man was reportedly creating sparks in a small wooded area near a housing development, but the fire was reported not spreading and not actively burning when units were reassigned to investigate.