"Thousands Flee After Colorado Fire Doubles in Size" PBS Newshour 6/27/2012
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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): A firestorm raged in the Colorado countryside today, after exploding across containment lines near Colorado Springs. Firefighters struggled to keep up and homeowners scrambled to get out of the way.
NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden begins our coverage.
TOM BEARDEN: The flames swallowed entire neighborhoods on the edge of Colorado Springs overnight. The mayor's office said dozens of homes were destroyed.
MAN: Visibility is down to near zero in many parts of the northern half of Colorado Springs.
TOM BEARDEN: The Waldo Canyon fire seemed to flare out of control in the blink of an eye when the winds picked up unexpectedly.
WOMAN: These winds started picking up to about 65 miles per hour. That wasn't in the plan.
GOV. JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D), Colorado: This is tough, and we're going to -- and we know it's going to be tough, but we're also not going to back away. We're not going to back quit.
TOM BEARDEN: Some 32,000 people were ordered to evacuate, and fast, including hundreds living on the U.S. Air Force Academy campus. They grabbed precious possessions on the fly.
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