COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Heat and flames from a destructive wildfire threatening Colorado’s second-largest city were far too intense Wednesday morning for authorities to fully assess the damage it caused overnight.
Officials don’t know how many houses have been destroyed in the blaze that has forced mandatory evacuations for more than 32,000 residents, Colorado Springs emergency management director Brett Waters said. Among those urgently evacuated Tuesday evening were residents at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The blaze doubled in size overnight to about 24 square miles, fire information officer Rob Dyerberg said.
Heavy smoke and ash billowed from the mountain foothills west of the city. Bright yellow and orange flames flared in the night, often signaling another home lost to the Waldo Canyon Fire, the No. 1 priority for the nation’s firefighters.
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