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       COLORADO WILDFIRES
       By: wolfie Date: March 12, 2011, 11:42 pm
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       About 200 homes evacuated due to Colo. wildfire
       An air tanker from New Mexico is on its way, but firefighters
       won't use it if it's too windy to fight the blaze from the air
       The Associated Press
       BOULDER, Colo. — A wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of
       more than 200 homes north of Boulder, Colo., has spread to about
       200 acres.
       The fire was reported Friday and has spread quickly in dry,
       windy conditions. It is burning about 40 miles northwest of
       Denver.
       Wind gusts reached 60 mph earlier in the day but had eased
       somewhat by afternoon, to about 20 to 30 mph.
       An air tanker from New Mexico is on its way, but firefighters
       won't use it if it's too windy to fight the blaze from the air.
       Firefighters also have been battling a smaller wildfire fire in
       nearby Lyons.
       The National Weather Service says the winds and dry conditions
       have raised the fire danger along the Interstate 25 corridor and
       across much of eastern Colorado.
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