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A crew from PG&E works Aug. 22, 2012, to restore power to a rural subdivision overrun by fire by the Ponderosa Fire outside Manton, Calif. Jeff Barnard/AP
A DC-10 drops fire retardant on the Ponderosa Fire Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, near Paynes Creek, Calif. Nearly 1,900 firefighters were battling the Ponderosa Fire in rugged, densely forested terrain as it threatened 3,500 homes in the towns of Manton, Shingletown, and Viola, about 170 miles north of Sacramento. Andreas Fuhrmann/The Record Searchlight/AP
Dale Kempf relaxes with a book at a Red Cross evacuation center in Redding, Calif., Aug. 20, 2012. Kemp was forced to flee his home in Manton, due to the Ponderosa Fire. Rich Pedroncelli/AP
The charred remains of an outbuilding destroyed by the Ponderosa fire are seen near Manton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. More than 1,400 firefighters are battling the fire that has destroyed seven homes and burned 23 square miles. Rich Pedroncelli/AP
A US flag flies on a burnt car as residents were allowed back on Sunday, July 1, 2012, into the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., to visit their homes after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged the neighborhood. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
The Church at the Ranch holds its services on Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the Penrose Norris Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. It would normally hold services at Flying W Ranch, but their place of worship burned down in the Waldo Canyon fire. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. Jerilee Bennett/The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP
Melissa Mgana kisses her young daughter Sofia as she surveys what is left of their home Sunday, July 1, 2012, in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo. Her husband Immanuel had been deployed in the army but was allowed to return home when he got word of the damage. Helen H. Richardson//The Denver Post/AP
Policemen stand guard over residents who were temporarily allowed to visit their homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon Fire in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 1, 2012. The so-called Waldo Canyon Fire has scorched 17,659 acres, burned 346 homes, and devastated surrounding communities, since it began eight days ago. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Neighbors, who evacuated their homes from the encroaching Waldo Canyon Fire, embrace after returning to their homes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 1, 2012. The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland. The neighbors wished to stay unidentified. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Rich Harvey, the Incident Commander of the National Incident Management Team, places his hand over the Waldo Canyon Fire during a news conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 1, 2012. Crews battling a deadly Colorado wildfire have made enough headway to allow most evacuees home, but concerns remain about rogue bears and burglaries in vacant houses. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Members of Bighorn 209, a hand crew from the Crow Agency in Montana, check for hot spots on the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 29, 2012. Chris Carlson/AP
Residents of the Mountain Shadows neighborhood leave with their belongings after temporarily given access to their homes near the Waldo Canyon Fire, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 1, 2012. Adrees Latif/Reuters
President Barack Obama surveys fire damaged homes in the Mountain Shadow neighborhood in Colorado Springs, on June 29, 2012. Obama promised federal assistance for Colorado's worst-ever wildfire, which has killed at least two people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced the evacuation of 35,000 residents in and around the state's second-largest city. Larry Downing/Reuters
Tim Tierney kisses his daughter Adalynn at the relief center located at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 30, 2012. Tierney was evacuated from the Peregrine area on Sunday. Susannah Kay/The Gazette/AP
A church, which survived the Waldo Canyon Fire, is backdropped by a charred hillside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 30, 2012. Adrees Latif/Reuters
The GOES-15 satellite keeps a stationary eye over the western US and the smoke from the fires raging in many of the states have created a brownish-colored blanket over the region. The dawn's early light revealed smoke and haze throughout the Midwest, arising from forest fires throughout the Rockies. While the most publicized fires occur along the populous eastern range in Colorado, the great smoke plumes in this image came from Wyoming.
Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire encroaches on the USAF Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in this June 26, 2012 handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force. Mike Kaplan/U.S. Air Force/AP
A helicopters flies over as the Waldo Canyon Fire continues to burn Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bryan Oller/AP
This aerial photo shows the destructive path of the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 28, 2012. RJ Sangosti/Denver Post/AP
Joe Norris waits at the corner of Head Lane and Franklin Mine Road to return to his Corral Road home with his dog Willie on Thursday June 28, 2012 in Helena, Montana. Authorities allowed residents back, without an escort, for the first time since the Corral fire started Monday afternoon. Eliza Wiley /The Independent Record/AP
As of June 28, 2012, at least 300 homes have been destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., according to the Denver Post newspaper. NASA's Aqua satellite flew overhead on June 26 and captured an image of the smoke plume as more evacuations continued.
Lights from a fire truck streak across a burning hillside in a time exposure as the Dahl fire burns, south of Roundup, Mont., overnight Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette/AP
Chris Kirchhevel rushes to spray another hot spot along the edge of a wildfire moving through the Dahl Ranch south of Roundup, Mont., on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The fire has burned more than 18,000 acres and is still growing. Matthew Brown/AP
Katy Norris waters her garden immediately after returning with her family to their Corral Road home in Helena, Mont., Thursday, June 28, 2012. Residents of the west side of the Scratchgravel Hills accessed by Head Lane were allowed to return home at noon Thursday after being evacuated on Monday. Eliza Wiley/Independent Record/AP
A Vandenberg Air Force Hot Shot Crew Carrier waits to be loaded onto a C-17 in Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The crew gets ready to head to Colorado to help fight the wildfires, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Daniel Dreifuss/The Santa Maria Times/AP
Deer sit in the backyard of a deserted Holland Park home after the area was evacuated. The Waldo Canyon Fire continued to burn Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Christian Murdock/The Gazette/AP
Evacuees of the Waldo Canyon Fire look at the most recent map of the fire's progression at the Cheyenne Mountain High School evacuation center on June 27, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bryan Oller/AP
Ryan Kent, 6, (l.), and Caden Manes, 8, watch as officials respond to the Waldo Canyon wildfire June 26, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
Colorado Springs, Colo., firefighters rest in the parking lot next to Station 9 on Garden of the Gods Road June 26, 2012, between shifts fighting the Waldo Canyon Fire. Every firefighter available in the city was called in to fight the fire. Christian Murdock/The Gazette/AP
A helicopter returns to Glen Eyrie Reservoir to refill water tanks to fight the Waldo Canyon wildfire June 26, 2012. The Waldo Canyon fire spread to the north as afternoon winds spread embers into the air. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post/AP
T.D. Kelsey's "Briargate Mustangs" sculpture is silhouetted as smoke rises at sunset from the Waldo Canyon Fire burning west of Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, June 25, 2012. Mark Reis/The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP
A woman watches as the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado is in the path of the Waldo Canyon wildfire burning in the mountains west of the city June 24, 2012. Firefighters in Western US states struggled to contain out-of-control wind-stoked wildfires across the US west as summer temperatures mounted, and a fresh blaze consumed more homes in Colorado. Rick Wilking/Reuters
Shirley Paskett loads her stuffed bob cat into her vehicle after she and her partner were evacuated from their home after the High Park wildfire crossed to the north side of Poudre Canyon the Glacier View area near Livermore, Colo., on Friday, June 22, 2012. The fire is burning on more than 68,000 acres west of Fort Collins and has destroyed at least 189 homes. Ed Andrieski/AP
A sign with the character 'Smokey The bear' warns of extreme fire danger as a wildfire continues to burn near Livermore, Colo., on Saturday, June 23, 2012. Authorities sent out 992 evacuation notices Friday due to the wildfire burning on more than 100 square miles in northern Colorado as winds pick up. David Zalubowski/AP
Christina Morris watches from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a wildfire burns nearby on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Morris began to prepare in the event she and her family, who live near Garden of the Gods Road, need to evacuate. Jerilee Bennett/The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP
A helicopter battles a wildfire near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Bryan Oller/AP
Animals from evacuated areas of Colorado Springs, Colo., are housed at the local Humane Society on Sunday, June 24, 2012, as a wildfire continues to burn nearby. Jerilee Bennett/The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP
In a photo made on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, and made available on Wednesday by the Colorado National Guard, firefighters from the Monument, Colo., fire department march to dinner at sunset in a base camp near the High Park wildfire about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo. AP
People watch from Mesa Road as a wildfire continues to burn west of Colorado Springs, Colo. on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Susannah Kay/The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP
A wildfire burns through the brush and trees between Lake Isabella and Wofford Heights, Calif., on June 19, 2012. Two hundred firefighters are battling the blaze on the northwest side of the lake and 200 more are on their way, said Forest Service spokeswoman Cindy Thill. Casey Christie/The Bakersfield Californian/AP
Todd Clites, of the PatRick fire crew in Boise, Idaho, douses his head with water at the High Park Fire Incident Command Post at the National Guard Armory in Fort Collins, Colo., on June 19, 2012. AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/AP
In this photo taken on June 18, 2012, and made available Wednesday by the Colorado National Guard, a helicopter drops a load of water above the High Park wildfire, about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo. The fire has already destroyed at least 189 homes since it was sparked by lightning June 9. Jess Geffre/Colorado National Guard/AP
Jessie Couillard, whose home was under a pre-evacuation notice, watches the High Park fire only a few miles from her home in Glacier View Meadows, northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado June 18, 2012. The fire has charred more than 85 square miles and sent a plume of smoke billowing thousands of feet into the air. Rick Wilking/Reuters
Emily Katz from Overland Park, Kansas pets one of the nearly 140 horses that were evacuated from the Springer Fire area on Monday, June 18, 2012. Katz works with the horses at Sanborn Camps near Florissant and was evacuated from her camp on Sunday. Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette/AP
Poudre Fire Authority crews battle a wildfire in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., June 10, 2012. Firefighters 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. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
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 June 10, 2012. Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/AP
Caleb Armstrong and his mother, Cheryl, ride their bicycles near their home on County Road 56 through haze from a wildfire burning in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., June 10, 2012. The Colorado fire grew to 22 square miles within about a day of being reported and has destroyed or damaged 18 structures. Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/AP
A wildfire burns in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., June 10, 2012. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
A spotter plane flies low over a smoldering ridge in the Lower North Fork Wildfire burning in the foothills community of Conifer, Colo., southwest of Denver on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. David Zalubowski/AP
The Lower North Fork Wildfire burns near the foothills community of Conifer, Colo., southwest of Denver on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Firefighters are now able to actively battle the blaze on the ground that started on Monday and has already destroyed at least 16 homes in the rugged terrain. David Zalubowski/AP
A slurry bomber drops retardant on the Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County, Colo., Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Investigators were trying to determine whether a controlled burn designed to minimize wildfire risk reignited and became a stubborn mountain wildfire that forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes and may have caused the deaths of two people. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/AP
Residents watch as a wildfire threatens to come over a ridge near Reynolds Park on Foxton Road in Conifer, Colo., Monday, March 26, 2012. A wildfire erupted amid dry, windy weather in Colorado on Monday, and authorities say at least some homes were destroyed in the mountains west of Denver. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
Colorado State Forest Service Firefighter Taylor Triolo (l.), talks with North Fork Volunteer firefighter Jim McCoy as the two watch flames on a ridge near Conifer, Colo., Monday, March 26, 2012. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
Fire burns beyond the hills over Broomfield, Colo., on Sept. 6., 2010. Gov. Bill Ritter declared a state of emergency Tuesday as officials nearly doubled the fire's estimated size to more than 7,100 acres, or 11 square miles. At one point the plume from the fire could be seen in Wyoming, 90 miles to the north. John De Bord/AP
A structure that was destroyed by a wildfire is shown in Boulder County, Colo., Sept. 2010. Authorities say the 7,100-acre fire in the foothills west of Boulder isn't contained at all. At least 300 firefighters are fighting the blaze that started Monday. Joe Amon/The Denver Post/AP
Buses are seen here, destroyed after a wildfire passed through Gold Hill, Colo., on Sept. 7, 2010. Eric Peter Abramson/AP
A wildfire burns outside Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 8, 2010. Matt McClain/AP
Colorado Springs firefighters wait at the briefing at Boulder Reservoir command station on Sept. 8, 2010, in Boulder, Colo. Authorities say at least 136 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in canyons and foothills west of Boulder. A list released Wednesday by the Boulder County sheriff includes four other structures and at least 12 homes damaged by the 6,168-acre fire. Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/AP
Tents for firefighters are pictured at their fire camp at the Boulder Reservoir where they are fighting the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 9, 2010. Ed Andrieski/AP
An aircraft drops fire retardant ahead of flames near Sunshine Canyon, in Boulder County, Colo., on Sept. 7, 2010. Helen R. Richardson/The Denver Post/AP
Martha Peacock hugs Bruce Honeyman as residents affected by a wildfire outside Boulder, Colo., arrive to a town-hall-style meeting at the Coors Events Center on the Campus of the University of Colorado on Sept. 8, 2010. Matt McClain/AP
Spectators watch from a scenic viewing area on Sept. 6, 2010, as a fire burns in Four-Mile Canyon near Boulder, Colo. Leah Millis/The Denver Post/AP
A command and control plane flies over three homes that were destroyed by the Four-Mile Canyon fire in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 8, 2010. Mark Leffingwell/Reuters
A man stands behind police lines where the home he was renting once stood on Sept. 8, 2010. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/AP
Sivia Viggiano watches from a friend's home as a helicopter flies in to load up with water at Wonderland Lake in order to work a wildfire outside Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 8, 2010. Matt McClain/AP
A rainbow extends over the Coors Events Center on the campus of the University of Colorado as the public arrives for a town-hall-style meeting to address questions about a wildfire outside Boulder, Colo, 2010. Matt McClain/AP
A home and outbuildings destroyed by a wildfire are seen in an aerial photo over Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 8, 2010. Mark Leffingwell/The Daily Camera/AP
Craig Hickethier looks at a map in order to get a view of a wildfire burning outside Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 8, 2010. Matt McClain/AP
Structures that were destroyed by a wildfire smolder in Boulder County, Colo., on the evening of Sept. 7, 2010. Joe Amon/The Denver Post/AP
Ken Anderson, a firefighter with the the Colorado Springs Fire Department Task Force I unit, takes a weather reading as large plume of smoke rises from the Waldo Canyon Fire burning near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, June 25, 2012. Bryan Oller/AP
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