Climate change and wild fires

Colorado wildfires: 32,000 evacuated as blaze jumps perimeter near Colorado Springs

"This is a firestorm of epic proportions," Colorado Springs Fire chief Richard Brown said at a news conference late Tuesday. "From the vantage point of a command post about 10 miles from the path of advancing flames," Reuters said, "the entire community of Mountain Shadows, a northwest subdivision, appeared to be enveloped in an orange glow after dark." Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who surveyed the fire from the air, said: "It was like looking at the worst movie set you could imagine--it's almost surreal. You look at that, and it's like nothing I've seen before." Hickenlooper added: "This is the worst fire season in the history of Colorado." http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/colorado-wildfires-evacuations-124631601.html