July 1, 2012
Krista Albers, far right, hugs family friend Joie Edwards after seeing what is left of her home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged the community. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes in the area.
Stephen Mitchell / AP
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July 1, 2012
Immanuel Mgana holds his daughter Grace, 2, as he surveys what is left of their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
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July 1, 2012
Harold Luther looks down into the basement of his burned home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
Harold Luther, 80, looks through photographs that his grandson found inside their burned home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs. This photograph is of Luther's grandson Brian on prom night. Luther's was the only home on his block to burn, but it is one of the nearly 350 homes damaged or destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
Eric Fruits walks through the basement of what remains of his grandfather's home in Colorado Springs, looking for pictures and knick-knacks that survived the wildfire.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
A United States flag flies on a burnt car as residents were allowed back into the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
Lauretta Anzalone, left, and Cortney Lee, her grandniece, hold a kettle found in the ashes of Anazlone’s home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Lauretta Anzalone, 80, looks at what is left of her home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Cortney Lee sifts through the ashes of what is left of her great-aunt's home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Melissa Mgana kisses her young daughter Sofia, 5, as she surveys what is left of their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
The Church at the Ranch holds its services at the Penrose Norris Event Center in Colorado Springs. It would normally hold services at Flying W Ranch, but their place of worship burned down in the Waldo Canyon fire.
Jerilee Bennett / AP
July 1, 2012
A police officer directs Mountain Shadows residents into Eagleview Middle School for check-in in Colorado Springs. Even people who know their homes are still standing have some anxiety over temporary visits being allowed to the wildfire-devastated neighborhoods around Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
A burned landscape near the Mountain Shadows area of Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
Ted and Kate Stefani survey the damage to their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
Residents of the Mountain Shadows neighborhood leave with their belongings after temporarily being given access to their homes near the Waldo Canyon fire, in Colorado Springs.
Adrees Latif / Reuters
July 1, 2012
Cars wait in a traffic line on Vindicator Drive to check in at Eagleview Middle School in order to view their homes in Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
A group of firefighters raise an American flag above a section of the burned-out neighborhood of Mountain Shadows in Colorado Springs.
C.J. Moore / AP
Krista Albers, far right, hugs family friend Joie Edwards after seeing what is left of her home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged the community. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes in the area.
Stephen Mitchell / AP
Related Content
July 1, 2012
Immanuel Mgana holds his daughter Grace, 2, as he surveys what is left of their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
Harold Luther looks down into the basement of his burned home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
Harold Luther, 80, looks through photographs that his grandson found inside their burned home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs. This photograph is of Luther's grandson Brian on prom night. Luther's was the only home on his block to burn, but it is one of the nearly 350 homes damaged or destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
Eric Fruits walks through the basement of what remains of his grandfather's home in Colorado Springs, looking for pictures and knick-knacks that survived the wildfire.
Mahala Gaylord / AP
July 1, 2012
A United States flag flies on a burnt car as residents were allowed back into the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
Lauretta Anzalone, left, and Cortney Lee, her grandniece, hold a kettle found in the ashes of Anazlone’s home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Lauretta Anzalone, 80, looks at what is left of her home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Cortney Lee sifts through the ashes of what is left of her great-aunt's home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Heather Rousseau / AP
July 1, 2012
Melissa Mgana kisses her young daughter Sofia, 5, as she surveys what is left of their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
The Church at the Ranch holds its services at the Penrose Norris Event Center in Colorado Springs. It would normally hold services at Flying W Ranch, but their place of worship burned down in the Waldo Canyon fire.
Jerilee Bennett / AP
July 1, 2012
A police officer directs Mountain Shadows residents into Eagleview Middle School for check-in in Colorado Springs. Even people who know their homes are still standing have some anxiety over temporary visits being allowed to the wildfire-devastated neighborhoods around Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
A burned landscape near the Mountain Shadows area of Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
Ted and Kate Stefani survey the damage to their home in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs.
Helen H. Richardson / AP
July 1, 2012
Residents of the Mountain Shadows neighborhood leave with their belongings after temporarily being given access to their homes near the Waldo Canyon fire, in Colorado Springs.
Adrees Latif / Reuters
July 1, 2012
Cars wait in a traffic line on Vindicator Drive to check in at Eagleview Middle School in order to view their homes in Colorado Springs.
Susannah Kay / AP
July 1, 2012
A group of firefighters raise an American flag above a section of the burned-out neighborhood of Mountain Shadows in Colorado Springs.
C.J. Moore / AP