Here Are the 10 Most Gripping Photos From the Devastating Colorado Wildfires

Gaining steam over the weekend and continuing to smolder through Thursday, raging wildfires roared through neighborhoods and forced 32,000 residents of Colorado Springs to flee their homes.

The 24-square mile fire scorched the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday. Thick smoke and towering flames cloaked the full scope of damage to Colorado’s second-largest city.

A separate fire burning in northern Colorado has grown to 136-square miles and destroyed 257 homes.

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