Reuters: Rain and calmer winds helped firefighters tame a deadly wildfire ranked as Colorado's most destructive on record as authorities reported making significant headway on Friday in curtailing a blaze that has destroyed nearly 420 homes outside Colorado Springs.
The fire has charred roughly 24 square miles of rolling, wooded terrain northeast of Colorado's second-largest city since it started on Tuesday, killing two people and forcing some 38,000 to flee their homes.
A firefighting force estimated......
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Deadly Colorado blaze subsides with help from rain
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 15th, 2013
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