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Raging Colorado Wildfire

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    30K people forced to evacuate

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If they didn't -- 65 mile per hour wind gusts hit.

Early evening during a storm and it pushed the fire.

Over containment lines so fast that firefighters were but helpless to watch as it went after home after home.

Dozens of houses were destroyed overnight in the destruction continues this morning we are expecting an update by the fire command in about thirty minutes.

Fire crews say up until that storm hit they were feeling fairly confident about the fight against the wall -- canyon fire and so -- residents.

Picks exploded outside a mall my roommates -- like you got had a day here's your stuff.

I'm trying to get back out of the smoke -- that -- like there's there's claims a block away from your house right now.

And there are also reports that emergency rooms in Colorado Springs right now are busy because residents are coming in complaining of breathing problems.

Because this smoke Heather is just that they -- Colorado Springs right now back to you and so unpredictable so how early is -- taught dealing with a massive fires there.

-- you tell us having a tough time as well San -- county you -- also experiencing a large wildfire that continues to grow.

Winds making things all the more difficult -- -- in this was also a situation where officials.

Thought they had a pretty good handle on things before the weather took over the concern here is that some of the evacuations that have been lifted we'll be reinstated.

If the fire jumps US 89 more than two dozen homes have already been destroyed.

Yeah.

I don't know why it is really hits.

Scary I just want to see this -- And where.

There's no way out except for the long White -- so it's it's pretty -- -- More than 40000.

Acres have burned in this fire Heather since Saturday back to you.

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