AURORA, Colo. — A stray bullet is believed to have sparked an eight-acre brush fire that started burning on the south side of Cherry Creek State Park Thursday afternoon.
South Metro Fire Rescue (SMFR) tweeted at 3:11 p.m. that the vegetation fire was near the Cherry Creek State Park shooting range. That's west of South Parker Road and East Belleview Avenue.
There were no injuries and no structures were threatened, SMFR tweeted.
A large smoke plume could be seen south of Interstate 225 and South Parker Road around 3 p.m. Thursday.
The fire grew to eight acres before it was contained.
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