Colorado wildfire expands viciously, Obama plans visit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled on Wednesday to beat back a wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that doubled in size overnight, forced more than 32,000 people from their homes and was nipping at the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The blaze, fanned by hot winds, has charred a number of homes on the wooded edges of the city and was prompting fresh ... The Lede Blog: Colorado Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate High winds fueled the Waldo Canyon Fire now engulfing the hills overlooking Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs' Waldo Canyon fire threatens Air Force Academy A three-day-old wildfire that erupted with catastrophic fury Tuesday is now burning just south of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The blaze forced tens of thousands of people to flee as the flames devoured homes on the edge of Colorado's second largest city. Thousands wait for word on torched homes Updated with interactive fire map: A wildfire that destroyed several homes on the northwest side of Colorado Springs has grown to more than 15,000 acres. Destructive Colorado blaze doubles size overnight A stubborn and towering wildfire jumped firefighters' perimeter lines in the hills overlooking Colorado Springs, forcing frantic mandatory evacuation notices for more than 32,000 residents, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, and destroying an unknown number of homes. Monster fire terrorizes a Colorado city The Waldo Canyon Fire was like a scene from a big-budget Hollywood disaster movie, a Godzilla of a blaze roaring down the mountain straight towards Colorado Springs. Parts of Air Force Academy evacuated as Colorado fire rages About 32,000 people in the area around Colorado Springs have been ordered to leave, more than 2,100 of them from the campus. Record-setting heat hinders firefighting efforts. WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — More than 2,100 residents on the Air Force Academy grounds were among about 32,000 people being evacuated Tuesday night because of a wildfire that has burned an unknown number of homes near Colorado ... Surging Colorado wildfires forcing tens of thousands to flee Firefighters battled to save the US Air Force Academy and heavily populated areas around Colorado Springs and Boulder, as high winds drove the wildfires. President Obama plans to visit the devastated areas. Waldo Canyon fire threatens author's childhood Colorado Springs home, triggering memories Growing up so close to wilderness in the 1970s was idyllic, and the threat posed by the huge fire is alarming. Wildfire victims crowd shelters as fight continues Fire crews fought to save the U.S. Air Force Academy and residents begged for information on the fate of their homes Wednesday after a night of terror sent thousands of people fleeing a raging Colorado Springs wildfire.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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