Waldo Canyon Fire Nears 19,000 Acres

Residents in Colorado Springs are starting to be allowed to return home after being evacuated due to the threat of the Waldo Canyon Fire.

Several thousand people are still evacuated, and most of those returning are still on alert.

The fire has burned close to 19,000 acres, killed 2, and burned down 346 homes.

1,500 personnel are battling the blaze, which is around fifty-five percent contained.

So far the fire has cost nearly nine million dollars, and it's cause is under investigation.

Fire fighters hope to have full containment by July 16.

Several other fires are burning throughout Colorado, with a total of fifty-six currently burning in the US, most of which are in the Rocky Mountain region.

Efforts have been hampered nationally with the grounding of the military's firefighting C130 fleet, after one of them crashed.

Other parts of the world are struggling with their own fires, most notably Spain, where more than two thousand people and forty-one aircraft are fighting fires there that combined have burned nearly 200,000 acres.