Boston Herald - Boston Herald: 2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire

Boston Herald - Boston Herald

2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire Jun 14th 2013, 00:14 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday. Media files: An AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter assigned to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Woodland Fire Crew, helps contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. According to officials, at least 360 homes have been burned, and 38,000 people have been evacuated since the fire began earlier in the week. (image/jpeg) A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter delivers a load of water to the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. The blaze in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs is now the most destructive in Colorado history, surpassing last year's Waldo Canyon fire, which burned 347 homes, killed two people and led to $353 million in insurance claims. (image/jpeg)

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