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Hotel Booking While the massive 90,000-acre wildfire lingering near Denver's southern suburbs is still burning erratically, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens said Wednesday that the city itself is not threatened.

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Travel Agency The Hayman fire is once again burning out of control and thick columns of smoke and strong winds prevented slurry planes from getting airborne. Firefighters worked parts of the fire throughout the day, but officials said little progress was made against what they call a "weather-driven fire."

"They're taking it down considerably, " said Dennis Bouslaugh of the U.S. Forest Service. Firefighters had fully contained the three major fires in Los Angeles County by nightfall, and largely contained many of the fires north of San Diego. Despite the progress, none of the six major blazes in San Diego County was more than 15 percent contained, and those fires threatened more than 8, 500 houses. The top priority was a fire in San Bernardino County that threatened 6, 000 homes and continued to rage out of control.

Cheap Hotel The southern end of the blaze continued to trouble firefighters. At least 30 homes were burned Wednesday near Lake George, about 120 miles south of Denver. A small subdivision called Turkey Rock in Teller County was overrun by flames during a sudden wind shift, authorities said. "The wind kicked up, and when that happens there's not much you can do," said Kathy Hardy of the U.S. Forest Service.

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Flight Booking That brought the total to 51 residences destroyed, a figure officials say will rise as crews are able to view the burned area. The Hayman fire started Saturday and was believed to have been caused by an illegal campfire.

Travel Agent The fire remained about 35 miles southwest of the Denver metro area and about seven miles from residential areas in the fast-growing southern suburbs.

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Hotel Chicago Owens--who has been roundly criticized by business and tourism groups here for overstating the extent of the fires--reassured the state and the nation that Denver was not threatened by the fire, which covers 136 square miles.

Online Booking The pronouncement offered little solace to residents of the outlying areas, where more than 6,000 people have been evacuated from four counties.

Travel Health Insurance Fire officials continue to warn that more than 30,000 residents still are in the path of the fire and could be evacuated.

Hotel Reservation More firefighters were called in and 1,800 were expected to be battling the blaze today.

London Hotel Booking Officials put firefighting costs so far at $20 million.

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Orlando Hotel Even as Denver appeared to be spared from the fire, it was not immune from its effects. Smoke and ash fell on the city earlier in the week, causing respiratory distress among some residents.

Booking Agency A longer-term concern is the protection of the city's water supply. Water officials fretted that Denver's principle reservoir was compromised by the fires that burned through the 8,500-acre watershed.

International Travel Medical Ash already was fouling the water, but officials said their real fear is what will happen when rain falls. The smallest storm will bring charred debris into the reservoir.

New York Hotel "The bad news for firefighters is there's been no rain; the good news for us is there's been no rain," said Steve Work, operations manager for the Denver Water Board.

Online Travel Booking Work said a major fire in 1996 sent massive amounts of debris into the water system--including outhouses, propane tanks and tree trunks.

Travel Medical Insurance It took a month to remove everything and the effort cost millions of dollars.

Miami Hotel The ash, debris and sediment can be filtered, he said, but it is very expensive to clean the water so that it is drinkable.

Air Deccan Booking "It's purely a matter of weather right now," Work said.

Las Vegas Nevada Travel "But it's going to be a long-term concern. The Forest Service tells us it takes 20 years for a forest to heal itself."

Las Vegas Nv Hotel By Julie Cart
Los Angeles Times - 6/13/2002

Topic: Fire

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