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  • Wildfires

  • Thursday, June 20 2013 12:27 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:27:54 GMT
    JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO (KMGH/CNN) – Massive plumes of smoke continued to burned from a Colorado wildfire in Lime Gulch on Wednesday. The wildfires prompted immediate evacuations for some residents in Jefferson
    Massive plumes of smoke continued to burned from a Colorado wildfire in Lime Gulch on Wednesday.
  • UPDATE

    Thursday, June 20 2013 12:12 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:12:59 GMT
    Additional crews have arrived to help battle the Doce Fire in the Prescott National Forest.
    Incident Commander Tony Sciacca said that by the end of Wednesday, about 600 firefighters from around the West were expected to be working two rotating shifts of 12 to 16 hours.
    A community meeting to address the Doce Fire is planned for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Prescott High School auditorium.
  • Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air.
    A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.