[george76]

Entire Town Of Ordway Evacuated; Fire Spreading Fast

http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/17751274.html

[george76]

Fort Carson on lockdown, Ordway evacuated over fires

http://www.gazette.com/news/ordway_35303___article.html/fort_fires.html

[MtnClimber]

I hope everyone gets lots of snow to put these fires out. There were news stories yesterday about the dangerous conditions we would see today.

[george76]

The third fatality was the pilot of a single-engine, turboprop crop-duster tanker that crashed about 6:20 Tuesday evening along Colorado 115 at mile marker 34 near Fort Carson, said Michael Fergus, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration’s northwest region.

The pilot was identified as Gert Marais, 42, of Fort Benton, Mont., Fort Carson spokesman Maj. Sean Ryan said today. Marais worked for Aero Applicators, a Sterling company that supplies aerial firefighting services,

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/15/fires-rage-around-state-pilot-fighting-blaze-fort-/