Hundreds of firefighters made little headway against a forest fire raging in southwest Colorado that nearly doubled in size overnight, forcing hundreds of more homes to be evacuated Sunday. Authorities ordered more evacuations Sunday morning after the fire burning north of Durango grew to 26 square miles in hot, dry and windy weather. The 416 fire incident commander, Todd Pechota, told residents at a community meeting Saturday that the situation is “going to get worse before it gets better,” the Durango Herald reported. By morning, he was proved right: the size of the fire exploded from the previous estimate of 14 square miles and residents of another 859 homes were ordered to evacuate, raising the total Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

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