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Fire watchers: Colorado residents awed by Black Forest blaze
Sheriff's officials released a preliminary list Wednesday showing the Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 92 homes and damaged five more. The fire was among several that surged rapidly Tuesday along Colorado's Front Range.Fueled by hot temperatures, changing gusts and thick, bone-dry forests, the Black Forest Fire has prompted evacuation orders and pre-evacuation
Colorado Springs resident Yolette Baca takes a photo of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 12, 2013.Brennan Linsley / APChris and Christine Walker watch the Black Forest Fire gain steam as it burns out of control for a second straight day near Colorado Springs on June 12, 2013. The Walkers live nearby and were under pre-evacuation orders.Bryan Oller / APMarian Williams takes photos of the Black Forest Fire on June 11, 2013.Bryan Oller / APResidents watch as the Black Forest Fire burns northeast of Colorado Springs on June 11, 2013.Bryan Oller / APBlack Forest Fire Dept. officers burn off natural ground fuel in an evacuated neighborhood, prepping the area for the encroachment of the wildfire on June 12, 2013.Brennan Linsley / AP
Sheriff's officials released a preliminary list Wednesday showing the Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 92 homes and damaged five more. The fire was among several that surged rapidly Tuesday along Colorado's Front Range.
Fueled by hot temperatures, changing gusts and thick, bone-dry forests, the Black Forest Fire has prompted evacuation orders and pre-evacuation notices to between 9,000 and 9,500 people and to about 3,500 homes and businesses, sheriff's officials said. Read the full story.
