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Rick Wilking / Reuters
One of the partially destroyed homes is still smoldering among those totally destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Thursday, Cooler temperatures and lighter winds helped firefighters in the battle against the fire, which has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 35,000 people to flee.
Rick Wilking / Reuters
Four houses remain while every other house was destroyed on their street in the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs.
Rj Sangosti / Denver Post via AP
This aerial photo shows the destructive path of the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows subdivision area of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday.
Miguel Llanos reports that hundreds of homes have burned in the Colorado Springs area:
"There was nothing left in some areas -- burned out foundations that were smoldering. It looked like a nuclear weapon had been dropped. It's as close to hell as I could imagine," Mayor Steve Bach said after touring the heavily damaged Mountain Shadows subdivision.
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The worst fire season in recent history is taking its toll with large fires burning thousands of acres in Colorado while others consume areas in Montana, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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hmm much can be said about wood stick frame building and layering of composite shingles. in a fire dangered area.. Remember the Berkeley Hills Fire. my home did not burn simply because I used cinder block construction and steel roofing tiles. The paint on the tiles blistered, a few windows were blown out, the surrounding tree's shrubry gone, but the home was intact.
Colorado will soon have a housing boom, many unemployed will be once again employed.
Good can come from such a horrific event.