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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 taylor salamon. her family wa...

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...