A plume of smoke rises from the High Park wildfire near Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday afternoon, June 14, 2012. Flames crossed over the Poudre River causing a mandatory evacuation for residents of the Glacier View area.
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A helicopter flies through the Cache La Poudre Canyon as flames from a wildfire scorch the forest south of the river, near Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday afternoon, June 14, 2012. Flames crossed over the Poudre River causing a mandatory evacuation for residents of the Glacier View area.
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Firefighters watch as flames leap hundreds of feet in the air as the High Park wildfire fire explodes on the south side of Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday, June 14, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres.
Fire explodes on the south side of Poudre Canyon as the High Park wildfire burns west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday, June 14, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres.
Union Hotshot crew, from La Grande Ore., get ready to head back to the fire lines, June 13, 2012, at the firefighter camp at the Nation Guard Armory in Fort Collins, Colo.
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A home on Dusty Lane says thank you with a sign in their yard—as a fire worker drives by near Bellvue—after it was burned by the High Park Fire at on June 13, 2012.
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Tracy Cookman, right, and Lynnie Long ride horses through Brewster Ranch outside of Bellvue after it was burned by the High Park Fire at, June 13, 2012. The fire has now burned more than 40,000 acres encompassing more than 65 square miles.
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A wildfire sends up a huge wall of smoke, forcing authorities to temporarily close a section of U.S. Highway 34 east of Yuma County, Colo. .
Crews fight the High Park fire from the air as flames continue to spread near homes in an evacuation area just northwest of Horsetooth Reservoir, near Fort Collins, Colorado.
Homeowners watch their homes while the firefighters trying to save them from the growing fire in High Park. The High Park fire northwest of Fort Collins continues to burn and is estimated at over 40,000 acres with zero percent containment.
An official speaks with Brittany Harrington at a road closure near her home on Highway 287, due to a wildfire burning in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Sunday, June 10, 2012. Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico,
... forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary. The Colorado fire grew to 22 square miles within about a day of being reported and has destroyed or damaged 18 structures. See more images from the Denver Post . MORE
The Sunrise Mine Fire, located about four miles north of Paradox, Colorado started on Friday, May 25 at approximately 5 p.m. on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
A Single Engine Air Tanker drops a load of slurry on a ridge line ahead of the fire above Soldier Canyon Estates.
A plume of smoke from the High Park Fire, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado is pictured in this June 9, 2012 satellite handout image June 10, 2012.
Zachary Brumley, 12, from Windsor, photographs a giant smoke plume as it rises above the flames as the fire crests a hillside south of the Cache La Poudre River west of Fort Collins, Colo.
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Will Palmier, Michael Kidder and Geoff Palmier stand on Kidder's roof as they watch a wildfire burn, Monday, June 11, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. About 600 firefighters will be battling the 60-square-mile wildfire.
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Smoke fills the air over a small barn, turning the sky orange, as the High Park Fire burns near Laporte, Colorado June 10, 2012.
A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water as the High Park wildfire threatens homes near the Horsetooth Reservoir near Laporte, Colorado, June 11, 2012.
Kevin Gates, left, of Loveland, Colo. and Keegan Steele of Fort Collins, Colo. watch firefighting efforts as they sit on a rock by the Horsetooth Reservoir on Monday June 11, 2012.
Smoke and flames encroach upon homes on the eastern front of the High Park fire near Laporte, Colo., June 10, 2012. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the fire's path.
Crystal Foust watches from County Road 56 as a helicopter flies over a wildfire burning in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., on Sunday, June 10, 2012. Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people
... from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary. The Colorado fire grew to 22 square miles within about a day of being reported and has destroyed or damaged 18 structures. See more images from the Denver Post . MORE
The sky turns a brilliant orange as smoke from the High Park Fire fills the sky near Laporte, Colorado, Sunday June 10, 2012. The fire started on June 9 and had consumed more than 14,000 acres by Sunday morning.
The Colorado Peak Fire is burning about 10 miles west of Santa Fe, Wednesday June 6, 2012. The fire is burning in pinon juniper and the cause is under investigation.
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