Colorado Fires Growing

Author: jone Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2451

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A fire burns out of control north of Shoupe Road and East of Highway 83 in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (Photo by Christian Murdock/AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette)

Bill Moreau watches as the Black Forest fire burns near his house near Black Forest Road Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. The Black Forest Fire was one of at least three significant wildfires burning in Colorado amid gusty winds and record-breaking hot, dry weather. (Photo by Christian Murdock/AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette)

Plumes of smoke from the Big Meadows Fire in Rocky Mountain National Park rise above Longs Peak, as seen from just east of Boulder, Colo., Tuesday June 11, 2013. A National Park crew assessed the fire that has been confirmed on the north end of Big Meadows on the west side of the park. (Photo by Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)

Smoke from the Black Forest fire billows north of downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. A wildfire in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs is burning homes, and another fire that led to the evacuation of Royal Gorge Bridge & Park has burned three structures. (Photo by Mark Reis/AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette)

Large plumes of smoke rise from a wild land fire in the Black Forest northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Homes have already burned and the wind is expected to continue through the afternoon. (Photo by Aaron Ontiveroz/AP Photo/The Denver Post)

Visitors and employees leave the Royal Gorge Bridge park as smoke billows skyward Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013, from a fire near the gorge in western Fremont County west of Canon City, Colo. The fire burning on an estimated 300 acres south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and the Arkansas River led to the evacuation of the park, the Bureau of Land Management said. (Photo by Brian Bowen/AP Photo/The Pueblo Chieftain)

Large plumes of smoke rise from a wildfire in the Black Forest northeast of Colorado Springs, June 11, 2013. The fire is one of at least three significant wildfires burning in Colorado amid gusty winds and record-breaking hot, dry weather. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)