Waldo canyon fire

• (CBS/AP) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fire crews fought to save the U.S.
(CBS News)
• COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Wednesday, June 27: The Waldo Canyon wildfire forced thousands of people away from their homes and into Red Cross shelters when ferocious winds drove the blaze into the western suburbs of Colorado Springs on Tuesday night.
(Huffington Post)
• COLORADO SPRINGS — Mandatory evacuations for the Waldo Canyon Fire were expanded Wednesday to include Crystola (in El Paso and Teller counties) and the south and east sides of Woodland Park.
(Denver Post)
• There was no rest for a shellshocked region Wednesday as the Waldo Canyon fire forced thousands more people to evacuate, while residents in the neighborhoods ripped by fire Tuesday night searched for clues as to the fate of their homes.
(Colorado Springs Gazette)
• COLORADO SPRINGS — As the Waldo Canyon fire doubled in size, officials here Wednesday called the operation to fight the blaze a unified command that is working efficiently.
(Denver Post)
• Among the 32,000 mandatory evacuees in Colorado Springs fleeing the raging Waldo Canyon fire are the residents of 122 Buckeye Drive. Thats the house where I grew up.
(YAHOO!)
• As Colorados fierce Waldo Canyon fire continues to burn and displace families in the Colorado Springs area, small crews of locally stationed air force reservists have been tasked with battling the flames from the sky.
(The Guardian)
• Tom Osborne, chairman of the board of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, is clear on this point: The 2012 edition of the race will happen, despite being postponed by the Waldo Canyon Fire.
(msnbc.com)
• COLORADO SPRINGS — The Waldo Canyon fire has now grown to 18,500 acres, officials said Wednesday night.
(Daily Camera)
• So-called super fires -- like the fire currently rampaging through the Colorado Springs area, spurring mass evacuations, destroying property and endangering lives -- are not going away. They will continue to flare up, not just around the U.
(Chicago Tribune)