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the waldo canyon wildfire in colorado springs is one of three major fires burning in colorado. aggressive flames rolling through colorado's second largest city and it is covered with smoke and ash. more than 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the fire doubled in size there yesterday. there are no official numbers. but reports estimate that about 300 homes have been destroyed. firefighters are battling record breaking heat and fierce winds. >> it's one of the reasons that it's difficult to fight is because we can't seem to figure out or it won't stay in the same place and the...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it looks like hell in the garden of the gods. that part of colorado got its name from the beauty of the land but 24 square miles are gone already and evacuations are under way. the waldo canyon fire doubled in size in a day fueled by dry timber, strong winds and high temperatures. half of the nation's resources for fighting wildfires are now in colorado some of the best images we saw today were from the "denver post". a whole subdivision overrun by flames. and 11-year-old evacuee ta...

inferno. in mines, homes exploded into towers of flames it's unclear how manyhomes have been lost because it's t dangerous for firefighte to get in but from the air it was clear many burned to the ground. >> here's your stuff. >> reporter: mary smith and her family had just 15 minutes to grab what they could. photo albums and a family bible. these pictures were taken by her son james off their back deck as the fire came straight at them. >> i bet it moved a mile in three to four minutes. three to five minutes at the we s flames at least 100 feet high. >> reporter: then the smoke beca...

show horse in her own field. i'm lindsey mastis in charles county. a world champion show horse is mysteriously shot and killed. >> i don't know what kind of person could be so horrible to do something like this. >> reporter: kimberly fullerton is pleading for information about the person that killed her best friend, a horse named binder. >> he likes to cuddle with you and likes you to come in and put his head in your lap. >> reporter: that morning she went to feed the horses. she fed these four and then proceeded down to another field. that's where she found binder >> his hind leg ...