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Over 30,000 residents were forced to flee their homes during the last week after a blaze broke out in the city of Colorado Springs - Colorado's second biggest city. Destroying hundreds of homes, the flames have so far caused an estimated $3.2 million (£2 million) worth of damage and have not yet been contained.