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32,000 evacuated as wildfires threaten Colorado City

Fleeing locals describe "apocalypse" of falling ash and clogged highways.

A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter circles as it prepares to drop water on a hotspot near Horsetooth Reservoir on Monday June 11, 2012 near Laporte, Colorado.

Marc Piscotty

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