Western skies thick with smoke, political rhetoric, evidence of climate change

Colorado Independent: Fears that Colorado`s snow-starved winter would fuel one of the worst wildfire seasons in history have been realized as the High Park Fire has grown into the state`s second-biggest while home-wrecking fires popped up in Estes Park and Colorado Springs bring the total to at least nine. Waves of evacuations have plagued subdivisions north of Fort Collins since High Park Fire began burning June 9, destroying nearly 200 homes. But while crews gained ground Saturday, containing 45 percent of that 82,000-acre......

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