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Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colorado wildfire start

Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park.Investigators believed Colorado's Black Forest Fire was human-caused, and were going through the charred remains of luxury homes destroyed and damaged in it last week. Even though the fire was mostly contained and more evacuation orders were being lifted Monday night, officials were not letting victims back into the most developed area where there was concentrated devastation from the fire because the area was being treated as a possible crime scene.Residents have been anxious to return but investigators want to preserve evidence, and firefighters also are working to make sure the interior of the burn area is safe, by putting out hot spots and removing trees in danger of falling."We're not ignoring you and we're with you," El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said.In some cases, resid...

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  1. More homes evacuated after new Colorado wildfire

    A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado were making it...

  2. Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire

    Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructi...

  3. Yosemite National Park Sustains Damage From Second Rock Slide

    A second rock slide in two days struck cabins and knocked down trees Wednesday in Yosemite National Park, witnesses said. Officials did not immediately confirm any i...

  4. Rescuers search for California teen who was swept over Yosemite waterfall

    Rangers at Yosemite National Park are searching for a California teenager who was swept over a nearly 600-foot waterfall while hiking a trail with a church group.Par...

  5. Missing Minnesota hiker found dead at bottom of Yosemite cliff

    A hiker who went missing in Yosemite National Park has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff, authorities said.Rangers found the body of 73-year-old Kenneth Stens...

  6. 10,000 Guests Exposed to Deadly Virus, Yosemite National Park Confirms

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  8. Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; death toll rises

    Yosemite National Park doubled the scope of its hantavirus warning on Thursday to some 22,000 visitors who may have been exposed to the deadly mouse-borne disease as...

  9. Yosemite deer mice being trapped, killed following virus outbreak

    Yosemite National Park has begun trapping and killing deer mice whose growing numbers may have helped create the conditions that led to a hantavirus outbreak that ha...

  10. Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; 9th infection confirmed

    Yosemite National Park expanded a warning about the deadly hantavirus to 230,000 more recent visitors and confirmed on Thursday that a ninth person had contracted th...

  11. Yosemite officials staying on top of hantavirus

    Federal and state health officials investigating the hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park say it could take several weeks to determine how nine visitors con...

  12. France investigating 2 suspected cases of deadly Yosemite virus

    Health officials in France were investigating two suspected cases of deadly mouse-borne hantavirus in people who may have been exposed at Yosemite National Park this...

  1. Authorities: Unattended campfire caused Calif fire

    An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a more than 2-square-mile blaze that officials said Tuesday has led to the evacua...

  2. Climber hit by rock, dies on Yosemite's El Capitan

    A 28-year-old climber from London has died after being hit by a falling rock on El Capitan, a signature attraction in Yosemite National Park.The National Park Servic...

  3. About 100 people ordered to evacuate as fire burns outside Yosemite National Park

    About 100 people have been ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire burns outside Yosemite National Park , fire officials said Sunday.Residents of the community of...

  4. Teen Dies From Head Injuries After Fall at Yosemite National Park

    FRESNO, Calif. -- A teenage boy has died of head injuries five days after falling on Yosemite National Park's most popular hiking trail.The Stanislaus County coroner...

  5. Rangers Search for Hikers Reportedly Swept Over Falls at Yosemite National Park

    Authorities believe the three hikers who fell 300 feet from a popular waterfall at Yosemite National Park Tuesday are dead. Authorities had been searching for the hi...

  6. Climber Stranded by Avalanche at Yosemite National Park Rescued by Helicopter

    A helicopter crew has rescued a South Korean climber who was stranded by an avalanche on the north face of Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome.Yosemite officia...

  7. Yosemite National Park's lost valley will be subject of vote

    This fall San Franciscans will vote on a local measure with national implications: It could return to the American people a flooded gorge described as the twin of br...

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