Update on the Lafayette Fire. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to repots of a small grass fire just before 10 a.m. U.S. Highway 24 reopened after several hours of shutdown early Friday morning when a brush fire broke out on the west side the highway, the Colorado Department of Transportation tweeted. Engine 2 reported fire on the northwest side of the highway, and advised the fire was slow-moving and began fire attack. Please use caution and avoid the area if possible. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Colorado Springs Fire Department was able to put out a small grass fire near Highway 24 and the MLK bypass in Colorado Springs. The car fire was initially reported at 12:57 p.m. involving a sedan that had engine problems on the right-hand shoulder of westbound Highway 24 near the Wilder Road on-ramp. Firefighters have called for a full vegetation fire response to beat back a fast-moving fire reported by passersby alongside Highway 24 near the Wilder exit in Orinda Thursday night. The Tennis Club building is a total loss, one outbuilding received damage and a residential structure had minor damage to the roof. ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) -- A 25-acre grass fire that was sparked by a car on the side of state Highway 24 in Orinda this afternoon has been 75 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. No structures were threatened by the fire. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Colorado Springs Fire Department was able to put out a small grass fire near Highway 24 and the MLK bypass in Colorado Springs. The Contra Costa Fire Department is responding to two "rapidly expanding" fires on each side of state Highway 24 in Lafayette, a spokesman for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District said. We are working an accident at mile post 347 (17400 block) of NW 24 Highway. For low-cost sensor data, a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. At approximately 16:00 on July 18th, 2019 Colorado Springs Fire Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Wildfire Team was dispatched to Hwy. At its height smoke from the fire prompted several concerned calls about other fires in the area but nothing else was burning, we are happy to say. The fire is at Highway 24, the Martin Luther King Jr. When crews arrived, they noticed the fire was at a homeless camp. for a brush fire. The Fire and Smoke Map shows fine particulate (2.5 micron, PM 2.5) pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors.Information is shown on both the EPA’s Air Quality Index scale, using the NowCast AQI algorithm, and also as hourly PM 2.5 concentration values. While flames engulfed the … 24 and Ridge Rd. There is heavy smoke in the area due to a nearby grass fire. A California Highway Patrol vehicle caught fire along Highway 24 in the East Bay Tuesday morning, according to Lafayette police.