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2 new fires burning in southern Colo.

Two small wildfires started in Southern Colorado Sunday evening.

The largest fire is burning in Park County, north of Wilkerson Pass. The Webber fire has burned about 60 acres.

Officials tell us 40 firefighters are on scene and inmates from a prison in Buena Vista have also been called in to help.

A spokesperson with the Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center says no structures are threatened, and no homes have been evacuated.

The second fire was burning in Southwestern Douglas County, not far from Palmer Lake.

The Swank fire is described as a smoldering fire. Crews from The Pike National Forest and Palmer Lake were working to put it out.

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