President Barack Obama talks with firefighters as he tours the Mountain Shadow neighborhood devastated by wildfires on June 29, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Smoke from the Waldo Canyon Fire rises near the USAF Academy's Cadet Chapel as cadets head for a briefing on evacuation procedures, in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2012.
Some of the hundreds of totally destroyed homes are seen in the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado June 28, 2012.
John Hendrix from the Flying W Ranch talks about rescuing 47 head of ranch cattle form the Waldo Canyon wildfire west of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012.
This aerial photo shows the destructive path of the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows subdivision area of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012.
This aerial photo taken on June 27, 2012, shows burned homes in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo., that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire.
An entire neighborhood burns near the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Waldo Canyon fire continues to burn northwest of Manitou Springs, Colo. June 26th,2012.
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Firefighters stir from their tents at a firefighter camp at Holmes Middle School early morning, June 26, 2012 to begin work on the fourth day of the Waldo Canyon Fire burning west of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire engulfs the I-25 north of Colorado Springs, Colo. causing a traffic congestion, on June 26, 2012.
Fire from the Waldo Canyon wildfire burns as it moved into subdivisions and destroyed homes in Colorado Springs, Colo., on , June 26, 2012.
Smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire hovers over the I-25 north of Colorado Springs, Colo on June 26, 2012.
Angela Morgan, left, and Jan Stone embrace as smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire rises over the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. The fire has forced thousands of residents from their homes as almost a dozen fires continue to burn in the western state.
A man walks across a field as smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire west of Colorado Springs, Colo. fills the sky June 26, 2012.
A helicopter battles a wildfire near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday, June 24, 2012.
The sun sets behind a plume of smoke from the High Park wildfire near Livermore, Colo., June 22, 2012.
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion dump water from a Bambi bucket onto flames of the High Park fire west of Fort Collins, Colo. on June 18, 2012.
The stairs that led to a home that was destroyed by the High Park Wild fire are photographed during a tour by fire officials in Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins, Colo., on June 20, 2012.
Smoke rises beyond a pasture as the High Park wildfire continues to burn out of control near Livermore, Colo., on June 19, 2012.
A heavy air tanker drops fire retardant on the High Park fire west of Fort Collins, Colo. on June 19, 2012.
Members of the PatRick fire crew map their route at the High Park Fire Incident Command Post in Fort Collins, Colo. on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
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Todd Clites, of the PatRick fire crew in Boise, Idaho, douses his head with water at the High Park Fire Incident Command Post in Fort Collins, Colo. on June 19, 2012.
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Scorched land from Colorado's High Park Fire is seen at the intersection of two roads, west of Fort Collins, Colo. on June 14, 2012.
Fire explodes on the south side of Poudre Canyon as the High Park wildfire burns west of Fort Collins, Colo., on June 14, 2012. The wildfire started Saturday and has burned over 50,000 acres.
Firefighter Todd Burbridge, of Helena, Montana, wakes up from a few hours rest and checks messages, from back home, on June 13, 2012, at the firefighter camp at the Nation Guard Armory in Fort Collins, Colo.
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Union Hotshot crew, from La Grande Ore., get ready to head back to the fire lines, June 13, 2012, at the firefighter camp at the Nation Guard Armory in Fort Collins, Colo.
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A home on Dusty Lane says thank you with a sign in their yard—as a fire worker drives by near Bellvue. Colo. after it was burned by the High Park Fire at on June 13, 2012.
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A wildfire sends up a huge wall of smoke, forcing authorities to temporarily close a section of U.S. Highway 34 east of Yuma County, Colo.
Crews fight the High Park fire from the air as flames continue to spread near homes in an evacuation area just northwest of Horsetooth Reservoir, near Fort Collins, Colo.
Homeowners watch their homes while the firefighters trying to save them from the growing fire in High Park. The High Park fire northwest of Fort Collins, Colo. continues to burn and is estimated at over 40,000 acres with zero percent containment.
Smoke fills the air over a small barn, turning the sky orange, as the High Park Fire burns near Laporte, Colo. June 10, 2012.