Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people from their homes and the evacuation of wolves from a sanctuary.
Hundreds Evacuated As Colo., Nm Fires Spread
KRISTEN WYATT, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sun, 06/10/2012 - 5:31pm
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