IPFS News Link • Natural Disasters
Colorado wildfires: Several fires explode across Front Range
• www.denverpost.comA three-day-old wildfire erupted with
catastrophic fury Tuesday, ripping across the foothills neighborhoods
of Colorado Springs, devouring an untold number of homes and sending
tens of thousands fleeing to safety in what was shaping up as one of the
biggest disasters in state history. "This is a firestorm of epic
proportions," said Colorado Springs Fire Chief Richard Brown. The Waldo
Canyon fire in El Paso County — which had been growing in the forested
hills on the city's west side — blew into an inferno late in the
afternoon, raging over a ridge toward densely populated neighborhoods.
