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Medano and Parkdale Canyon Fire Updates

By Andrea Chalfin

· Jun. 22, 2010, 5:32 pm

The Medano Fire continues to burn in and around the Great Sand Dunes National Park about 25 miles northeast of Alamosa.Now a second major fire is burning in southcentral Colorado. Yesterday afternoon a blaze erupted about 14 miles east of Canon City causing evacuations of homes and businesses in the area. KRCC's Shanna Lewis filed this report on the two fires.

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