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Colorado wildfire subsides after wrecking 400 homes
By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – A deadly wildfire that has ravaged 400 homes, ranking as Colorado’s most destructive ever, subsided on Friday as authorities reported significant headway in containing the blaze on the outskirts of Colorado Springs with help from rain and calmer winds. The fire has…
Two dead as massive Colorado wildfire burns 360 homes
Two people died while trying to flee a wildfire in Colorado that has burned down 360 homes, in the western US state’s most destructive blaze ever, officials said. Some 38,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as the blaze reached the edge of Colorado Springs, but officials voiced…
Firefighter: Colorado wildfire ‘almost surreal’
According to one of the men on the front lines, fighting the Colorado wildfire can be “almost surreal” at night when all there is to see and hear are the homes of fleeing residents going up in smoke. “As a firefighter, you look at a structure fire, a house fire…
Obama urges support for firefighters in Colorado
US President Barack Obama urged Americans Saturday to support firefighters battling blazes in the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado that have killed at least two people and left hundreds homeless. “It’s important that we remember what they do each and every single day, and that we continue to provide support…
Obama tours area devastated by Colorado wildfires
A shocked US President Barack Obama on Friday toured “heartbroken” Colorado neighborhoods torched by rampaging wildfires, viewing charred homes and cars melted by intense heat. Crews were meanwhile searching for human remains in the ashes of homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon Fire, which blazed into the outskirts of the…
Wildfire sparks exodus in Colorado city
Tens of thousands of Americans nervously awaited word Thursday of whether their homes had been destroyed when a wildfire tore into the outskirts of this western US city. Summer wildfires are common in the mountains of arid Colorado but rarely burst into residential areas, as the Waldo Canyon Fire did…
Wildfires force evacuations in the West
Wildfires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes in the western US state of Colorado, authorities said. The latest blaze broke out Saturday in Waldo Canyon national park, west of Colorado Springs, spreading out over 2,000 acres (800 hectares), according to officials. Authorities said 1,050 homes were evacuated…
No cops, no parks, halted economic activity: conservative paradise
We often wonder what a conservative paradise would really look like on the liberal blogs, and it looks like Colorado Springs—home to many defense contractors and to Focus on Family—has become a shining star in the much-desired collapse of basic government services that Grover Norquist and other anti-government fanatics have…
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