Map: See if your home is at-risk for wildfires in Colorado Springs
In the five years since the Waldo Canyon fire erupted, destroying 347 homes and killing two people on the west side of Colorado Springs, neighborhoods have been rebuilt, bonds of friendship strengthened by shared tragedy.
Across the 18,247 acre Waldo Canyon burn scar, restoration continues amidst a palette of end of spring green. And yet the forest will not be the same in most of our lifetimes.
Homeowner mitigation efforts have been impressive since those two deadly events. Real progress has been made.
But fire experts warn that much remains to be done – and, in fact, in some areas much remains the same, just as susceptible to the next big burn.
A passerby photographs The Waldo Canyon Fire from Centennial Blvd Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
A passerby photographs The Waldo Canyon Fire from Centennial Blvd Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette