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    Encroaching flames put vacation plans on hold

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While they are having such a tough time out west -- Montana to New Mexico thousands of folks have had to abandon their homes.

And it's certainly threatened the turns destinations -- the -- this summer travel season.

For -- central -- talk a wildfire -- area dotted with vacation cabins threatening some 300 homes.

Many is state being the encroaching flames with just the clothes on their -- -- Buehrle got nothing.

He can hit it that let me -- I yeah games.

That's what we have have the memories to -- just don't have the paper that parents should.

Alicia Acuna is live from Denver with the latest I hope folks out there will do everything they can to help them.

Police you tell us a little bit more about the folks that are now out of their homes.

I Jamie S 4000.

Plus people remain evacuated here in Colorado at least in with triple digit temperatures expected.

Again today we're talking about some of the worst possible conditions for firefighters.

As well as the people who have been chased away from their homes take -- listen.

But just how old is that sealed by -- -- white button there you go.

This community -- sound.

It's just beautiful people that live up there at the end.

Everyone suffering and isn't it torture right now.

C 130 US military tankers are being used to battle some of the eight fires in Colorado right now and what you're seeing is the Waldo canyon fire as it's called.

It is burning west of Colorado Springs in is it 4500 acres so far.

Just 5% containment -- and then we also talk about -- park fire north of here at Fort Collins 83000.

Acres have burned so far and that's it.

55.

Percent containment at this time back to you you can't put a price on what these folks lost but also -- in the business of tourism are really gonna lose out it's the summer.

That's right it Colorado has a five billion dollar tourism industry and you know what we talk about a lack of snow in the winter.

What that does to the terrorism industry when we're talking about vacation cabins up in -- That has this same type of impact here.

Very bad for business and then you have this couple.

From Kansas City that decided to hold their wedding at the garden of the gods this is a tourist destination near Colorado Springs Jenny and Jeff -- and say they barely made it through the I -- And then they were told they had to get out by fire authorities they took some pictures at the church as a smoke was building and then.

-- -- that there and it looks like you know just from the mountains of -- all about that date back negative and -- left the garden of the gods it was like.

-- -- -- -- -- -- There wasn't even time to sign the marriage license Jamie they say they're keeping some of the local newspapers details stories of the kids in the future so.

Love conquers all like yes you hope the folks act at a breaks and say.

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