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Colorado springs fire chief says this is a blaze of epic proportions. it's moving through the neighborhoods so quickly and creating such dangerous conditions they can't even count what's been destroyed. >> there are some homes impacted there is no question about it. i am absolutely not prepared to release the number. we don't know the number. this is an active fire, it's not remotely close to being contained. >> reporter: fire crews say the fire just exploded last night when a storm moved into the area with 65-mile per hour wind gusts that took things to a whole other level. at first residents...

There are countless, countless examples of this. there are homes impacted, i am absolutely not prepared to release the number. we do not know the number. it is an active fire and not remotely close to being contained. reporter: the big problem is the heat and the wind. the wind is moving westward. that is a big problem and it was a problem last night. this is interstate 25, a major corridor for the united states. it was closed in both directions last night because it was overtaken with smoke. then you move over here in dc on my right -- you see on my right 2000 people evacuated, you can see ne...

People are careless with fireworks. last year alone, four people died and 10,000 others were injured. now for the weather, let's check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> fires, floods and incredible heat wave that's going to spread across the country. amazing amount of extremes here lately over the last couple of days. this one has been building in the west. with the hot temperatures throughout the spring, into the summer. we didn't have a lot of wet weather, the drought is spreading through the region and the gusty winds hit. unfortunately the fire near colorado springs jumped the fi...

Region of the country. today in to the mid-60s. 50s in a lot of the burbs. a little breezy but not as bad as yesterday. philadelphia. the next five days in a row. this is gorgeous weather. philadelphia could be 72 on wednesday. back into the 50s and 60s. up through the weekend with no rain in sight. dry little period we're going through this spring in areas of the mid-atlantic and the new england area. as far as spring goes, colorado can be a cruel place. right now it is snowing in denver. snowing in colorado springs. and snowing just to the south on interstate 25 in pueblo. that's probably th...

Poland is horribly affected by this. we have a couple more cold days and it's going to get a little more relief but well below average for the negligence number of days. >> shep: here in the u.s. a big storm across the plains. >> there was been one city that has had significant snow. that is denver. go back to the maps again and you see the big storm. this is very significant storm. interstate 25 that connects new mexico up to colorado is going to be seeing somewhere around 18-24 inches of snow. it's also not just the snow but the wind along with this. winds gusting to 50 miles an hour and bli...