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    Wildfire continues to burn

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-- bill this wildfire continues to burn largely out of control -- can see some fresh smoke over my right shoulder and back over here we see a lot more smoke there's fire has now burned.

73.

Square -- is one of the largest in Colorado history.

It has now 10% contained we expect to have an update.

Later on this hour to get new containment figures we -- -- -- -- -- but -- three square miles burned.

The fire is burning in a westerly direction that's good news for the people Fort Collins it's burning away from that large city but it is burning into an area infested by Beatles so basically -- lot lots of trees standing that are dead -- lots of fuel there.

12100 firefighters now battling this fire on 24 hour shifts this is a -- started on Saturday with a lightning -- killed a 62 year old woman.

Over the weekend a hundred more are more homes have been destroyed.

The cost of this fire so Florida flight.

Three million dollars.

The weather should cooperate a little bit better today we're expecting to have a little cooler temperatures a little less wind and more humidity chance arraigned later tonight.

We do expect to have some help on the way at least fighting a western wildfires later this summer President Obama yesterday signed -- law.

That will allow the US Forest Service to buy seven more those huge air tankers now five of the country's ten super tankers are working this Colorado fire.

The fleet will -- to seventeen with three of the seven new ones.

Available to the IUS Forest Service in sixty days.

All those things can drop 2400.

Gallons of fire retardant flight over 300 miles per hour so they are a huge weapon in -- fires but.

Of course this one will continue to burn for several more days we are expecting an update later on this morning to get.

New containment -- the rate now stands at 10% and over 73.

Mile square miles burned bill.

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