Western wildfires

Karen Bodine loads alfalfa as her husband, Greg Bodine, left, and her father, Duane Schormann, load her father's animals into a trailer as a wildfire burns near Schormanns' home in Cascade, Colo., on Sunday, June 24, 2012.

The fire erupted and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles early Sunday, prompting the evacuation of more than 11,000 residents and an unknown number of tourists.

Credit: AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock