More than 1,500 personnel are engaged in fighting the Aspen Acres fire burning in Southern Colorado. Fire authorities expect that number to rise to nearly 1,900. “This is a monster and this thing is absolutely doing what it wants to do,” said Jim Pitts with the U.S. Forest Servi…
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