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The annual two-day Cowboy Up in Kiowa Rodeo wrapped up on Saturday, June 24 with spectacular events like bull riding, tie-down roping, saddle broncs and the ever-popular mutton busting.
600+ people in Simla were advised to evacuate because of a growing grass fire.
Fire crews set out across the Pikes Peak region Thursday to contain several separate fires across county lines. Multiple evacuations are in place.
A brush fire is burning south of Simla, a town located about 25 miles east of Peyton, according to the Elbert County Office of Emergency Management.
A wildfire, known as the 125 fire, in Elbert County near Simla, has burned about 1,000 acres, and an evacuation order for the town of about 600 residents has been lifted.