Thursday, 28 June 2012

Nearly 350 homes destroyed in Colorado Springs, officials say

 A partially burned home smolders among those destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 28. The line where the Waldo Canyon fire stopped moving east is seen from the air in Colorado Springs. Lower temperatures and lighter winds helped firefighters on Thursday in the battle against the fire, which has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 35,000 people to flee.An aerial view of a destroyed neighborhood in the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs.The Waldo Canyon fire spreads through a neighborhood in the hills above Colorado Springs on June 26. See more photos at <a href='http://www.denverpost.com/' target='_blank'>The Denver Post</a>.Hazy smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire looms behind the Air Force Academy stadium on Wednesday, June 27, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The fire expanded to 15,000 acres. More than 32,000 people have been evacuated.Susan Custer and her husband, Gary Custer, watch the Waldo Canyon Fire on Wednesday.At dawn on Tuesday, firefighters stir from their tents at a camp near Holmes Middle School.Smoke billows from the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs on Tuesday.Evacuees drive under a shroud of smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire on Tuesday.J'Amie Sirvaitis of Colorado Springs watches the Waldo Canyon Fire after winds pushed the fire into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.Residents of Colorado Springs watch as the Waldo Canyon Fire burns a home in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood on Tuesday.Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire engulfs Interstate 25 north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the blaze burns out of control Tuesday.A large plume of smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire fills the sky west of Colorado Springs on Tuesday.Jan Stone, right, comforts Angela Morgan as smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire pours over the Mountain Shadows neighborhood of Colorado Springs on Tuesday.A portion of the Waldo Canyon Fire moves across a hillside above a subdivision west of Colorado Springs on Tuesday.Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Department of Transportation personnel set up a roadblock west of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on Monday, June 25.A portion of the Waldo Canyon fire burns out of control in the hills west of Manitou Springs on Monday.Trees burn on a ridge above Cedar Heights in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sunday, June 24. Greg and Karen Bodine help her father, Duane Schormann, left, load his animals into a trailer near Colorado Springs as they evacuate the area Sunday.The High Park Fire, which was 45% contained as of Saturday, has destroyed 191 homes west of Fort Collins. The High Park Fire rages through the forest west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on Tuesday, June 19.Local resident Dwayne Crawford looks out at the High Park Fire from his home west of Fort Collins on Tuesday, June 19.A heavy air tanker drops fire retardant on the blaze June 19. Its growth potential was "extreme," according to authorities.Flames scorched this area outside of Fort Collins where the High Park Fire has burned out.A helicopter drops water over the Wood Hollow Fire north of Fairview, Utah, on Tuesday.A wall of fire makes its way down a hillside toward a farm north of Fairview, Utah, on Tuesday. The Wood Hollow Fire, one of at least three wildfires burning in Utah, has grown to nearly 39,000 acres.Smoldering earth and damage from the Dump Fire, which began June 21, can be seen outside a plant near Saratoga Springs, Utah, on Saturday, June 23.Burned-out terrain from the Dump Fire fills a hillside near Saratoga Springs, Utah on Saturday.The smoke plume from a fire in the Los Padres National Forest, which began on June 16, billows into the sky. The fire burned more than 500 acres before it was contained.Firefighters watch as the wildfire spreads throught the Los Padres National Forest on June 16. Another fire in San Diego County has burned almost 1000 acres leading to 150 homes being evacuated. A helicopter makes a water drop on the wildfire in Los Padres National Forest on June 16.The Poco Fire from Rim Vista in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona ignited on June 14 and spread to 4,900 acres.An airplane drops retardant on the 257 Fire near Superior, Arizona, on June 14. The blaze was about 85% contained at a size of more than 2,800 acres. Firefighters battle the Little Bear Fire in the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico on June 14. The Little Bear Fire had burned more than 40,000 acres and was still spreading.The Little Bear Fire spreads across a road in the Lincoln National Forest on June 13.Firefighters in New Mexico struggle on June 14 to contain the Little Bear blaze, which has destroyed more than 250 structures.This portion of landscape was charred by the Little Bear Fire in New Mexico on June 14. Are wildfires blazing near you? Share photos and videos with iReport <a href='http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/16940' target='_blank'>here</a>, but please stay safe.

 

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