Western wildfires 2012

• The inferno is one of more than half a dozen large fires currently raging out West. This raises a question: Are wildfires in the Western United States getting bigger and more severe? There's a fair bit of evidence that yes, they have been.
(Washington Post)
• For July 3, 2012 – Two die fighting Western wildfires, 1.8 million lack power amid unrelenting heat and Dara Torres bid to be oldest woman on U.S.
(CNN)
• WASHINGTON, June 30, 2012 -The U.S. Forest Service The airtankers will be available beginning Saturday to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in Colorado and elsewhere. They will be based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo.
(Gilmer Mirror)
• The Western Union Foundation will match designated employee contributions up to $50,000 to benefit the Colorado Fire Relief Fund 2012.
(Business Wire)
• Wildfires continue to rage in the Western U.S., with fast-moving flames forcing evacuations, engulfing structures and shutting down highways in some states. Currently, 19 wildfires have burned nearly half a million acres, officials said on Friday.
(International Business Times)
• A four-minute video from the International Space Station, released today by NASA, captures a beautiful and horrible sight: Ribbons of smoke drifting across Colorado and other Western states, due to a rash of wildfires.
(MSNBC Cosmiclog)
• WASHINGTON, June 30, 2012 – The U.S. Forest Service public safety and aid in community recovery in response to devastating wildfires in Colorado and other western states.
(Global Security)
• WASHINGTON, July 1, 2012 – Eight Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S.
(Global Security)
• Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The wildfire doubled in size overnight to about 24 square Flames from the Waldo Canyon Fire move quickly move through the western side Colorado Springs, Colo.
(Huffington Post)