US Fires Latest: 36, 000 People Evacuated in Colorado's Historic Fatal Fire 2 July 2012

MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of the fire on June 26, 2012 waldo canyon colorado springs usa rapid response team

S FIRES LATEST – 36, 000 People Evacuated in Colorado’s Historic Fatal Fire

Commentary News Report on the Colorado fires which have claimed lives, devastated property and forced evacuation of 36, 000 people. June – July 2012 –

Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yonHZ0jxnG4

Ten thousand people in and around this mountain city remained under evacuation orders Saturday, a week after the Waldo Canyon fire erupted to become the most destructive in state history. The blaze, which has destroyed an estimated 346 homes and killed two people, continued to burn in a 26-square-mile expanse of mountains near Colorado’s second-largest city.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_Park_fire_near_Poudre_Canyon,_Col… – Author DVIDSHUB

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorado_High_Park_Fire.jpg

Author: The National Guard

Rsoe Ref.no.: WF-20120624-35532-USA

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/usa/index.html