Waldo canyon fire

• As fire roared into the hills around Colorado Springs, only one in 13 numbers dialed by the countys emergency alert system reached a live person.
(Denver Post)
• COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Waldo Canyon fire was declared 100 percent contained Tuesday night. The official word came from fire managers at about 7:30 p.m. The fire started June 23 three miles west of Colorado Springs.
(KDVR.com)
• A man evacuated by the Waldo Canyon fire that devastated Colorado Springs says firefighters not only saved his home but also his chickens. After being gone a week, Ken Barker told Denvers KMGH-TV (http://bit.
(Colorado Springs Gazette)
• CASCADE • Soil expert Brad Rust dug a hole in the blackened dirt on a hillside scorched by the Waldo Canyon fire and poured water into it Tuesday morning. The water pooled. That's not a good thing.
(Colorado Springs Gazette)
• Last week, my parents had to pack their belongings and flee as the Waldo Canyon fire barreled toward their house in Colorado Springs. They were among 32,000 people forced from their houses by the fire, which has destroyed nearly 350 homes.
(Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
• COLORADO SPRINGS — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Monday joined the list of Obama administration officials to visit the Waldo Canyon fire burn area in the aftermath of what is the most destructive wildfire in state history.
(Longmont Daily Times-Call)
• COLORADO SPRINGS - People who live in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs didnt have to be fire experts to know when the flames were coming down the mountain, their homes could be in trouble.
(9News)
• Tonya Hall had 15 minutes to grab what she could and get out. After the Waldo Canyon fire swept over a ridge and tore through the Mountain Shadows neighborhood on June 26, Halls home, along with 345 others, was gone in a matter of hours.
(Orlando Sentinel)
• This aerial photo shows the destructive path of the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows subdivision area of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 28, 2012.
(Huffington Post)