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Wildfires leave destruction across the West Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states.
July 4, 2012
Emily and Byron Smith, and their son Ammon, 9, who returned after being evacuated from the area, watch air crews continue to battle a wildfire near Alpine, Utah.
Francisco Kjolseth
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The Salt Lake Tribune via AP
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July 4, 2012
From left, Ashlyn Walker, 16; her sister Shianne, 7; mother, Katrina; father, Eric, and brothers Don, 14, and Cody, 11, head back home from Timberline Middle School after spending the night at the Red Cross Shelter Evacuation center in Alpine, Utah, The Walker family and nine other people from the area stayed at the shelter when a mandatory evacuation order for their neighborhood was given around 8 p.m. Tuesday. A wildfire that began Tuesday in Lambert Park in Alpine burned a barn and led to the evacuation of 80 homes.
Leah Hogsten
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The Salt Lake Tribune via AP
July 4, 2012
Firefighter Ryan Christian sits with his crew from Alaska before heading out to fight the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyo. More than 800 firefighters are working 15-hour shifts battling the fire that has covered more than 56,000 acres, according to fire information services. The crews work and sleep in close proximity to the fire in an effort to contain it.
Jim Urquhart
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Reuters
July 4, 2012
A firefighter works a burnout operation on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyo.
Jim Urquhart
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Reuters
July 4, 2012
Firefighter Alex Abols monitors fire on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyo,
Jim Urquhart
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Reuters
July 3, 2012
People park along roads in Alpine, Utah to get a closer look at a fire burning in the foothills.
Steve Griffin
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The Salt Lake Tribune via AP
June 29, 2012
The Mountain Shadows neighborhood is left damaged by the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs. After declaring a "major disaster" in the state early Friday and promising federal aid, President Obama got a firsthand view of the wildfires and their toll on residential communities. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from the area in what is now the most destructive wildfire in state history.
Joe Amon
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The Denver Post via AP
June 29, 2012
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire after it engulfed homes in the Rose Canyon area of Herriman, Utah. Officials say the Rosecrest Fire has burned at least two homes and threatens 200 more in the foothills around Herriman, southwest of Salt Lake City.
Ravell Call
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The Deseret News via AP
June 29, 2012
Amy Beattie and her father, Bruce Beattie, sift through the soot and ash for salvagable objects in front of the charred remains of Bruce's home in New Harmony, Utah. "This was going to be his retirement home," Amy said.
Leah Hogsten
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The Salt Lake Tribune via AP
June 29, 2012
President Obama talks with firefighters while touring the Mountain Shadows neighborhood.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP/Getty Images
July 29, 2012
David Croslin, right, a resident of Colorado Springs, talks with a claim-service representative with Farmers Insurance.
Trevor Brown Jr.
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For The Washington Post
June 28, 2012
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach talks to Pam Staley about the number of homes lost in the Waldo Canyon wildfire.
Chris Carlson
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AP
June 28, 2012
Joe Norris waits at Head Lane and Franklin Mine Road to return to his Corral Road home with his dog Willie in Helena, Mont. Authorities allowed residents back, without an escort, for the first time since the Corral fire started Monday afternoon.
Eliza Wiley
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Independent Record via AP
June 27, 2012
Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire rises near the USAF Academy's Cadet Chapel as cadets head for a briefing on evacuation procedures in Colorado Springs. The academy evacuated more than 600 families and 110 dormitory residents from the base on June 27.
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Reuters
June 26, 2012
An entire neighborhood burns near the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colo. A towering wildfire destroyed dozens of houses overnight, though the intensity of the blaze kept officials Wednesday from being able to fully assess the damage to the state's second-largest city.
Helen H. Richardson
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The Denver Post via AP
June 26, 2012
A man walks across a field as smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire west of Colorado Springs fills the sky. A fast-growing wildfire in Colorado forced 11,000 people from their homes at least briefly and threatened popular summer camping grounds beneath Pikes Peak, whose vistas helped inspire the patriotic tune "America the Beautiful."
Rick Wilking
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Reuters
June 26, 2012
Helena, Mont., residents move their horses down Sierra Road after evacuations were called for homes on both sides of Green Meadow Road. Nervous horses had to be pushed often to keep them going down the road out of harm’s way.
Eliza Wiley
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Independent Record via AP
June 25, 2012
T.D. Kelsey's sculpture "Briargate Mustangs" is silhouetted as smoke rises at sunset from the Waldo Canyon Fire burning west of Colorado Springs. The fire, one of at least a half-dozen wildfires in Colorado as of Monday, has blackened 5.3 square miles and displaced about 6,000 people since it started Saturday.
Mark Reis
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The Colorado Springs Gazette via AP
June 24, 2012
People watch from Mesa Road as a wildfire burns west of Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay
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The Colorado Springs Gazette via AP
June 23, 2012
A firefighter works the scene of a home being consumed by flames in Estes Park, Colo. As many as 21 structures were destroyed by the fire on Saturday. Eight separate wildfires are burning across Colorado, which is seeing record-breaking heat.
Darrell Spangler
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AP
June 23, 2012
People watch as smoke billows from a wildfire west of Colorado Springs. The fire has grown to an estimated 600 acres.
Bryan Oller
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AP
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