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Through the region on saturday. now our severe weather threats focused in across the northern lakes. green bay, springfield, st. louis. damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes are possible. now yesterday at this time we were talking about the spring fire in southern colorado. this has now grown to over 41,000 acres, still 0% containment. there's over 480 people fighting this fire at the moment. let's bring you to the fort garland area and show you some of the visuals coming out of this region. police in castilla county have arrested an individual believed to be behind the fire. he's fac...

About what the flooding has done inside the cave complex about access to oxygen and so on. so a lot of resources are being thrown at this and everybody is just praying and hoping that they are found soon. >> it is a labyrinth of cave stretching 10 kilometers long, 40 odd chambers. so certainly extremely difficult to navigate. many thanks. and wildfire is forcing many to flee their homes in southern colorado as the spring fire builds strength. officials say at least 2,000 more people are under pre-evacuation orders. the fire spread overnight from 1600tares to nearly six times that size accord...

Now eight times the size that it was compared to last thursday. so this fire has grown immensely in a very short period of time. and we have got new footage to show you just how vigorous this fire is spreading across southern sections of colorado. this is a house. and the security camera that you are watching from that particular home showing the home burning in under a minute. it got so hot that it melted the camera, turned it off. this is the spring fire. over 1,000 people under mandatory evacuation. this is incredible to see how quickly this fire has spread. we just got these new numbers in...

The spring fire at zero percent containment as we speak. anna mentioned over 1,000 evacuations, pre-evacuations as well in anticipation of this fire continuing to spread. we have timber box conditions. this is utah. we've got colorado here. new mexico and arizona. we have exceptional drought conditions. we have had a lack of rain over the past several weeks if not months. that is why we have over 45 active large wildfires from california right through the four corners region. and with the wind forecast over the next 24 hours, showing guftgufts gusts in excess of 25 miles an hour, she's showers...

Slowly are getting to see their children again. that's the latest from washington dulles international airport. i'm paolo sandoval, cnn. several thousand people are under mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders in colorado after a wildfire burned through nearly 10,000 hectares. roughly 25,000 acres in just one day. dry conditions and strong winds are responsible for this fire spreading so very quickly. let's get more from our meteorologist derek van dam. tell us more. >> that same fire is now eight times the size it was on thursday. this is a growing fire that is rapidly out of contro...