John Wark took this photo from a plane over the Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27. It shows destroyed homes in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. (credit: John Wark)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado’s most destructive fire in terms of property damage — 18,247 acre fire started in June 2012, 346 homes destroyed, 2 Colorado Springs residents killed, at one point 32,000 homes were evacuated (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
President Barack Obama pauses with firefighters while touring the Mountain Shadow neighborhood on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
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Waldo Canyon Fire (credit: Steven D. "Smitty" Smith)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Destroyed homes sit beside a home left untouched by fire in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Homes and cars destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Diana Webb took this photo on June 26 when the Waldo Canyon Fire exploded.
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado Springs firefighter Steve Schopper documented the catastrophe inside the fire lines on June 26. (credit: Colo. Springs Fire Dept.)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Denver firefighter Robert Hedrick is among the Denver fire crews helping out with the Waldo Canyon Fire and took this photo on June 26 of a home going up in flames.
Waldo Canyon Fire
Diana Webb took this photo on June 26 when the Waldo Canyon Fire exploded.
Waldo Canyon Fire
Smoke billows at sunrise from part of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Diana Webb took this photo on June 26 when the Waldo Canyon Fire exploded.
Waldo Canyon Fire
Diana Webb took this photo in Colorado Springs on June 26 when the Waldo Canyon Fire exploded.
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado Springs firefighter Steve Schopper documented the catastrophe inside the fire lines on June 26. In this image a firefighter-in-training puts out a fire on a roof with a garden hose. (credit: Colo. Springs Fire Dept.)
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(credit: Steven D. "Smitty" Smith)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
A hand crew checks for remaining embers or "hot spots" in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
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Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27 (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
Mikke Carlson (cq), takes photos of the smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire while wearing a gas mask on June 27, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Smoke billows at sunrise from part of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
A sign thanks firefighters near the site of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 28, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado Springs firefighter Steve Schopper documented the catastrophe inside the fire lines on June 26. (credit: Colo. Springs Fire Dept.)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach speaks to the media at a news conference near the site of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 28, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
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Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27. (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Exhausted fire crews during a break from battling the Waldo Canyon Fire (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: Steven D. "Smitty" Smith)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A member of the Bighorn 209 hand crew from the native American Crow Nation in Montana, carries an axe as his team patrols for embers in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A smokey haze hangs over a neighborhood near the Waldo Canyon fire on July 1, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Diana Webb took this photo on June 26 when the Waldo Canyon Fire exploded.
Waldo Canyon Fire
Hundreds of residents of the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, which was heavily damaged by the Waldo Canyon fire, line up for an 8 hour window to visit their properties beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday on July 01, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Waldo Canyon Fire June 2012 (credit: Steven D. "Smitty" Smith)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Colorado Springs firefighter Steve Schopper documented the catastrophe inside the fire lines on June 26, 2012. (credit: Colo. Springs Fire Dept.)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Destroyed homes sit beside home left untouched by fire in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A destroyed home is viewed in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Destroyed homes sit beside home left untouched by fire in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A man stands near homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A police roadblock in an evacuated neighborhood near the Waldo Canyon fire is viewed on June 28, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: Steven D. "Smitty" Smith)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Destroyed homes sit beside home left untouched by fire in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Fire from the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colorado glows against the evening sky, June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A member of a native American hand crew from Montana looks out at the burn area as his team patrols for remaining embers or "hot spots" in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs on June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
Members of a hand crew catch their breathe as the patrol remaining embers or "hot spots" in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs on June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Members of Bighorn 209, a hand crew from the native American Crow Nation in Montana, check for hot spots in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colorado June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Members of Bighorn 209, a hand crew from the native American Crow Nation in Montana, check for hot spots in the burn areas of the Waldo Canyon Fire west of Colorado Springs, Colorado June 29, 2012. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A firefighter team from California looks for hotspots in a burnt-out area near homes in the Cedar Heights neighborhood which was evacuated due to the Waldo Canyon fire on June 29, 2012. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A view of wildfire damage in the Mountain Shadow neighborhood on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) (L) and Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) (R) look at a map while US President Barack Obama visits volunteers and evacuees at an evacuation center at the YMCA's Southeast Family Center ON June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
President Barack Obama speaks with volunteers and evacuees at an evacuation center at the YMCA's Southeast Family Center on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
Steve Bach (L), Mayor of Colorado Springs, and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) (R) listen while US President Barack Obama speaks to the press from the Mountain Shadow neighborhood on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages))
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Firefighters stand in rubble in the Mountain Shadow neighborhood on June 29, 2012. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Great Basin National Incident Management Team Incident Commander Rich Harvey speaks to the media at a news conference near the site of the Waldo Canyon fire on June 28, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A resident speaks with police at a road block near the Waldo Canyon fire on June 28, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Evacuees from the Waldo Canyon fire take shelter at Cheyenne Mountain High School on June 27, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Houses sit next to part of the burn zone from the Waldo Canyon fire on June 27, 2012. (Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)
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Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27 (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
A Native American firefighter team from Montana looks for hot spots in a burnt-out area near homes in the Cedar Heights neighborhood which was evacuated due to the Waldo Canyon fire on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Firefighter Josue Hurtado, part of a team from California, looks for hotspots in a burnt-out area near homes in the Cedar Heights neighborhood which was evacuated due to the Waldo Canyon fire on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Waldo Canyon Fire
(credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) (L), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) (2L), Steve Bach, Mayor of Colorado Springs, (C) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) (R) listen while President Barack Obama speaks to the press from Mountain Shadow neighborhood on June 29, 2012 in Colorado Springs. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
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Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27 (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27 (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire on June 27 (credit: CBS)
Waldo Canyon Fire
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Waldo Canyon Fire
Cars flood Rockrimmon Boulevard during evacuations due to the Waldo Canyon Fire on June 26. (credit: CBS)