Sunday, July 1, 2012

Firefighters made headway in Colorado, evacuees return home

Reuters: Crews battling a deadly Colorado wildfire ranked the most destructive in state history have made enough headway to allow most evacuees home, but concerns remain about rogue bears and burglaries in vacant houses, officials said on Saturday. The so-called Waldo Canyon Fire, stoked earlier this week by strong, erratic winds, is now 45 percent contained, although the damage wrought by the blaze has devastated the communities around Colorado Springs, the state's second-largest city. The wildfire...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/us-usa-wildfires-colorado-idUSBRE85S11220120701?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120630&t=2&i=625054246&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=300&r=CBRE85T0WO100

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