Nervous Wildfire Evacuees Wait for News

· Jun. 11, 2012, 5:35 pm

400 firefighters struggled Monday to contain an out of control wildfire that’s scorched almost 37,000 acres northwest of Fort Collins. Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith said more than 100 structures in three subdivisions have been damaged or destroyed. But the details about which ones have been affected are slow to emerge. The trickle of information is leading to an agonizing wait for hundreds High Park Fire evacuees. KUNC’s Grace Hood reports.

[Photo: Steve Mort]

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