Colorado fires

• COLORADO SPRINGS -- Mandatory evacuations for the Waldo Canyon Fire were expanded Wednesday to include the town of Crystola (in El Paso and Teller counties) and the south and east sides of Woodland Park.
(Contra Costa Times)
• COLORADO SPRINGS — Mandatory evacuations for the Waldo Canyon Fire were expanded Wednesday to include Crystola (in El Paso and Teller counties) and the south and east sides of Woodland Park.
(Denver Post)
• Near Colorado Springs, the Waldo Canyon fire ballooned Tuesday night, as high winds caused the fire to double in size to more than 15,000 acres.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• State and fire officials on Wednesday expanded the area around Colorado Springs that needs to be evacuated because of the Waldo Canyon blaze, and pre-evacuation orders were issued for a separate fire near Boulder.
(Chicago Tribune)
• The so-called Waldo Canyon Fire, fanned by gusting winds, has gutted an unknown number of homes on the wooded fringes of Colorados second-most populous city and prompted more evacuations as flames roared out of control for a fifth day.
(Reuters)
• DENVER, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The most destructive wildfire in U. S.
(Xinhua News Agency)
• Jonni McCoy saw flames in her rearview mirror as she drove away from her home and the fire that eventually consumed her Colorado Springs neighborhood.
(USA Today)
• The entire town of Cystola is under a mandatory evacuation as of Wednesday afternoon. North of the Air Force Academy to the Douglas County line and west to Interstate 25 is under a pre-evacuation notice.
(9News)