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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…

Surging Colorado wildfires forcing tens of thousands to flee

Surging Colorado wildfires forcing tens of thousands to flee Wildfire worries in Colorado surged Wednesday, as fires threatened heavily populated areas of the state in and around Colorado Springs and Boulder – and a dangerous combination of high winds, heat, and drought conditions compounded firefighters’ difficulties. With three major fires…