A red flag warning for El Paso, Teller, Pueblo and Fremont Counties expired around 8:00pm on Sunday night, but that does not mean Southern Colorado is out of the danger zone.

Some moisture is expected over the next few days, but that rain will be accompanied by dry lightning.

Dry lightning was blamed on Friday's Eastern El Paso County wild-fire. That fire blackened 8,500 acres, burned down three homes and 14-buildings.

In July Colorado Springs got less than half the rain it should have gotten.

The bone-dry conditions in the Eastern Plains seems to be a magnet for fire break outs. "Oh, it's hell," said Keith Simpson who has lived in El Paso County for the past nine-years. "You can't get much drier," said Simpson.

Simpson says he's already had two destructive wildfires come wickedly close to his home this year. "You can't do anything about it," said Simpson.

Over the next week several red flag warnings are expected to pop up. "There should have been a red flag warning since January first. We haven't had any precipitation out here for months," said Simpson.

Nicky Adams is new to the open El Paso County space, but did she know about the frequent fires? "Nothing. We knew nothing and didn't do any research before we got here," said Adams.

But now that she's here and knows dry lightning and rain is in our forecast this week Nicky Adams says that news doesn't bother her. "Everything has been burned so there's not a lot left to burn right now," said Adams.

As for the high number of fires in her area, Adams says, she'll just have to get used to them.

Over the last three months Colorado Springs has gotten 1.15 inches of rain instead of the 7.58 inches it should have gotten. Keep in mind though August is typically the wettest month of the year in Colorado.