Tuesday, June 12, 2012

According to local authorities , the cause of fire was a lightning strike .

During a forest fire , Colorado woman was killed , the Associated Press.The body of sixty-two -year-old Linda Steadman was found by rescuers in a burned-out houses to the north- west of Denver.According to Agence France-Presse, the Late Monday evening ( Tuesday morning , Moscow time ) the flames swept an area of ​​sixteen zero six hundred and fifty hectares .Fire destroyed or severely damaged more than one hundred buildings.In the fight with the fire involved about six hundred firefighters , fire from the air by means of helicopters , as well as heavy fire five of the nine aircraft that are available in the U.S..Fire at one hundred kilometers northwest of Denver, appeared on Saturday, June nine.Locate fires not yet succeeded.According to local authorities , the cause of fire was a lightning strike .Simultaneously, a large forest fire area just under fifteen,zero hectares continues in New Mexico .From the nearby populated areas have been evacuated over the weekend and a half thousand people, writes Reuters.

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