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>> reporter: so good, he trains many of the nations wildfire investigators. >> watch how it comes out low and goes out high. >> reporter: hours after she called for help he flew to colorado at the same time the driver of that van spotted leaving the scene was found but had an alibi and was cleared. investigators had no other leads so they returned to the scene and began a pain staking forensic investigation. he mapped the path of the flame with colored flags. >> we were going to use the physical...

And began a painstaking foreencic investigation. he mapped the path of the flame with colored flags. >> we were going to use the physical marks a fire leaves, which is basically the fires footprints. >> reporter: and sifted through the ashes at the campfire ring. jones had already removed the crucial evidence, the three matches, but photos showing their exact position when the fire ignited was vital. >> being able to enhance that photograph and bring that original position of those matches out w...

>> reporter: so good, he trains many of the nations wildfire investigators. >> watch how it comes out low and goes out high. >> reporter: hours after she called for help he flew to colorado at the same time the driver of that van spotted leaving the scene was found but had an alibi and was cleared. investigators had no other leads so they returned to the scene and began a pain-staking forensic investigation. he m he mapped the path of the flame with colored flags. >> its the fires footprints. >>...

>> heather: fierce winds fueling a raging wildfire in washington state and dozens of firefighters battled the blaze that destroyed 20 homes on an indian reservation and emergency authorities say it started at one house and then spread into a town, driven by 40 mile-per-hour winds. the fire ignited logs at a local mill and could take days for flames to die down. >> gregg: heres the headlines, were following, right now, president obama unveiling the 2012 budget tomorrow, promising balanced spendin...

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