A raging and rapidly spreading conflagration has destroyed dozens of homes and has made thousands to empty the place.
Fueled by hot temperatures, changing gusts, and thick, bone-dry forests, the Black Forest Fire has prompted evacuation orders and pre-evacuation notices to between 9,000 and 9,500 people and to about 3,500 homes and businesses.
Bits of ash and the smell of smoke blew into Denver, about 60 miles to the north, where the daze blocked the sun.Firefighters tried to go where the person was last seen but were turned back twice because it was too hot.
They reported there were no injuries or death caused by this wildfire burning but that tried to confirm that one person was missing.
The Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 92 homes and damaged five more.
The strong wildfires were also burning in New Mexico, Oregon and california, where a smoker was killed fighting one of dozens of lightning-sparked fires.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Forest Service mobilized a pair of Defense Department cargo planes to help -- a step taken only when all of the Forest Service's 12 contracted tankers are in use. At least one was fighting the Black Forest Fire.
The cause of the fire near Colorado Springs wasn't all the way.
Fueled by hot temperatures, changing gusts, and thick, bone-dry forests, the Black Forest Fire has prompted evacuation orders and pre-evacuation notices to between 9,000 and 9,500 people and to about 3,500 homes and businesses.Bits of ash and the smell of smoke blew into Denver, about 60 miles to the north, where the daze blocked the sun.Firefighters tried to go where the person was last seen but were turned back twice because it was too hot.
They reported there were no injuries or death caused by this wildfire burning but that tried to confirm that one person was missing.
The Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 92 homes and damaged five more.
The strong wildfires were also burning in New Mexico, Oregon and california, where a smoker was killed fighting one of dozens of lightning-sparked fires.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Forest Service mobilized a pair of Defense Department cargo planes to help -- a step taken only when all of the Forest Service's 12 contracted tankers are in use. At least one was fighting the Black Forest Fire.
The cause of the fire near Colorado Springs wasn't all the way.