Colorado Springs enacts fire ban after series of fires

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Springs is enacting a fire ban after a series of fires have spread quickly in hot and dry conditions, including a fatal one caused by smoking. Under the ban taking effect Monday, smoking and grilling will be banned in parks in Colorado’s second-largest city. People grilling at home will only be able to use gas or liquid fuel, not charcoal or wood and chainsaws must have spark arresters. Meanwhile, a wildfire in the foothills southwest of the city that started Thursday has burned 2.4 square miles is 27% contained.