Wildfires spark gun control debate in Utah
(CBS News) SALT LAKE CITY – Two new wildfires were burning in Utah Tuesday, and officials said one of them was sparked by gunfire. Recreational shooting is being blamed for at least 20 fires...
Category: Wild Fire
Worst wildfire ever in Colorado claims first victim
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28 – A wildfire that forced the evacuation of 35,000 people from the edge of Colorado’s second-largest city has killed at least one person and incinerated 346 homes, making it...
Over 30,000 Flee Colorado ‘Inferno’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and multiple homes destroyed as a growing wildfire races through Colorado Springs in a scene Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper described as “like...
Fires, Smoke in Central Russia
Russia has declared a state of emergency in several eastern regions due to hundreds of wildfires. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of fires and smoke in north central Russia on June 15, 2012,...
Wildfires force more evacuations as officials say looters targeting victims
(CBS/AP) DENVER – Crews in northern Colorado faced powerful winds Sunday as they battled a blaze that has scorched 87 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in...
Growing Wildfire Now a Killer
(multimedia) At one point Monday, 300-foot-tall flames spread 20-40 feet every 60 seconds. Federal firefighters took over managing the runaway High Park fire, but bringing it under control depends on the wind. It has...
Hundreds evacuated due to wildfires in Colorado and New Mexico
(multimedia) LAPORTE, Colo. – 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...
Firefighters battle largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history
(multimedia) (CNN) — A record wildfire raged on in southwestern New Mexico on Sunday, belching out a wall of smoke as it devoured thousands of acres and advanced across the rugged wilderness. Authorities cautioned children,...
Wildfire shatters record for largest in New Mexico
A wildfire burning in the Gila National Forest consumed nearly 20,000 more acres in a day and is now, by far, the largest blaze on record in New Mexico, a fire incident spokesman told...
Storms, Fires and Extreme Heat Sweep the Nation
(multimedia) Wild weather threw off some holiday plans this Memorial Day weekend.
