l numberBlack Forest Fire: Ways to get, give help
Visitors and employees leave the Royal Gorge Bridge park as smoke billows skyward Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013, from a fire near the gorge in western Fremont County west of Canon City, Colo. The fire burning on an estimated 300 acres south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and the Arkansas River led to the evacuation of the park, the Bureau of Land Management said. (AP Photo/The Pueblo Chieftain, Brian Bowen)
- Brian Bowen
Motorists stop along Interquest Parkway to watch the fire burning in Black Forest Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
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A fire burns out of control north of Shoup Road and East of Highway 83 Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. Pictured from the Air Force Academy. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
A fire burns out of control north of Shoup Road and East of Highway 83 Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
The hot sun shines through the smoke of a fire buring out of control north of Shoup Road and East of Highway 83 Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
Lynd Fitzgerald sprays fire retardant around a house while a fire burns out of control in the background north of Shoup Road and East of Highway 83 Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
A house is engulfed in flames by The Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs, Colorado on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (Screen grab via 7NEWS Denver)
The Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs, Colorado on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (Screen grab via 7NEWS Denver)
The view looking north toward Downtown Colorado Springs and the fire burning in Black Forest Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
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Motorist watch as the fire jumps Black Forest Road and moves east Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
Andrew Dunlap and his father Dave Dunlap, in truck, watch from Black Forest Road as the fire burns behind their house Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
A fire burns toward a home next to Black Forest Road Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
A resident sprays water on the roof of his home along Black Forest Road Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. Minutes later the fire jumped the road to the south of his house. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
Bill Moreau watches as the fire burns toward his house near Black Forest Road Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
Dave Dunlap watches from the bed of his truck as the fire crosses Black Forest Road near his home Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
- CHRISTIAN MURDOCK
The flames of the Black Forest Fire approach Black Forest Rd. as service vehicles line the top of the hill on Tuesday, June 11,2013. The Black Forest Fire(Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT
The flames of the Black Forest Fire approach Black Forest Rd. as service vehicles line the top of the hill on Tuesday, June 11,2013. The Black Forest Fire(Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT
At Reckless Ranch on Burgess Rd., Norma Helliwell puts a halter on one of her horses to get it ready for her husband to return with the horse trailer. Her husband was evacuating some of their horses. Minutes later Helliwell was ordered to evacuate, because the fire was comng over the hill. She had to leave the horses behind. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT
The Black Forest Fire(Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies direct evacuees at the corner of Black Forest Rd. and Burgess Rd. in Black Forest on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT
At Reckless Ranch on Burgess Rd., Norma Helliwell puts a halter on one of her horses to get it ready for her husband to return with the horse trailer. Her husband was evacuating some of their horses. Minutes later Helliwell was ordered to evacuate, because the fire was comng over the hill. She had to leave the horses behind. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)
- JERILEE BENNETT