COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Crews are on the scene of a structure fire on the south side of Colorado Springs. When we arrived just before 5:00 a.m. we saw 16 different emergency vehicles.
It's a very large active scene and Chelton is completely closed near Darkwood, just south of Fountain Boulevard. As of 7:00 a.m., crews expect to have the road open within the hour.
You can see ladders are on two houses out here and lots of emergency crews with lights on.
CSFD tweeted these pics out just under an hour ago. You can see some flames and a lot of smoke coming from inside the house.
According to the department, one person was rescued and taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
Two firefighters suffered minor burns and one police officer was suffering from smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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