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Ten years after the devastation brought by the Black Forest fire, the community surrounding the tragedy gathered to remember what was lost and celebrate the progress made since at the ....
Been following since last week. investigators now suspect arson in the massive black forest wildfire in central colorado. the 16,000 acres that have burned so far are now concerned a crime sce e. agents from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and exploives are now assisting state fire officials with the investigation. lots of questions surrounding just how this began. cnn s george howell is live from colorado springs. george, of course, welcome to new day, but to the serious news, how is it looking? what are you learning this àmorning? reporter: kate, good morning. yeah, an arson investigator is d8here along with other officia. arson iáhjáju$e many possibilities that they re looking into, as they consider this area a crime scene. there is some good news, though. just yesterday we got this update it s now at 65% containment. that s great news, and we got that just after a big rain shower. we could see that number go up again today. the focus right now, kate, is for these ....
Mountain national park. you got 40,000 people evacuated, it s almost impossible to get a hotel room in this area. the highways, the freeways are jammed with traffic as people are fleeing this fire, and no word, we don t know when things will return to normal. that of course is contingent upon the fire fighting effort and of course the wind. now most of the pictures we ve seen up until this point have come from the air but you really need to go tour one of those devastated areas to get an appreciation, a full appreciation of what that scene looks like. martin savage and his team got a tour. you can see to the west. reporter: up close to the aftermath of the killer fire. this is the first look at ground level at the neighborhoods hardest hit by the black forest fire. there s no roaring blaze but the danger remains. ground crews work hot spots in ....