Editor’s note: This story has been updated with information received Tuesday night.

The pilot of a helicopter making water drops on a southern Colorado wildfire made a successful emergency landing Tuesday after reporting an electrical fire in the cockpit, according to a news release from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control.

The helicopter, based in Cañon City, was working the Hidden Creek fire near Rye, which is about 30 minutes south of Pueblo, when the fire broke out at about 12:45 p.m. and had just finished a water drop.

The pilot smelled and then saw smoke, officials said. They followed standard emergency procedures and successfully made an emergency landing in a nearby field. No one else was on board and no injuries were reported.

High heat and gusty winds already have fire officials in southern Colorado on edge.

According to the National Weather Service office in Pueblo, fire danger will be high across the mountains and adjacent plains this week. The heat and wind, combined with low humidity, will create “favorable” conditions for rapid fire spread, the office reports.

State and local firefighters are being utilized to combat the Hidden Creek fire, a 4-acre blaze that started Monday north of Table Mountain, according to the Rye Fire Protection District.

While the fire was small Tuesday, conditions had Rye Fire Protection District Fire Chief Ross Gallegos and his firefighters very concerned.

The district dedicated as many resources as possible to combat the blaze, Gallegos told The Gazette.

The fire was 40-45% contained on Tuesday night but had not seen significant growth since its discovery. The Rye Fire Protection District said there were no immediate public safety concerns.

On Wednesday, Weather Service meteorologists forecast temperatures that could break 100 degrees for the southeast plains. The agency issued a red flag warning for the Rye area for most of the day.

A heat advisory will be in effect starting at 11 a.m. and until 7 p.m. for the urban corridor of El Paso, Pueblo and eastern Fremont counties.

Weather Service Meterologist Mark Wankowski said there’s a high risk the Hidden Creek fire could grow amid these conditions, which he said are expected to persist through Sunday.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Wankowski said temperatures near Rye were in the mid-80s, with westerly winds blowing up to 35 mph and humidity levels dipping into the single digits.

Record highs for June 17 could be broken in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Alamosa.

A red flag warning was in effect for the middle and upper Arkansas River Valley on Tuesday, as well as the San Luis Valley, according to Meteorologist Alan Rose of Gazette news partner KOAA.

Colorado Springs is expected to warm to around 98 degrees on Wednesday, Rose said. The city’s record for June 17 is 97 degrees.

Rose said a cold front will shave around 15-20 degrees on Thursday, putting Colorado Springs back down into the lower 80s. But he said this won’t last long, as highs are expected to return to the upper 80s and lower 90s by Friday.