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A firefighter douses hot spots as crews continue battling the Black Forest wildfire on Saturday, June 15, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. The fire, which exploded Tuesday amid record-setting heat and tinder-dry conditions, has destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

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A firefighter keeps watch over a controlled burn at the Black Forest Section 16 Trailhead Thursday, June 13, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. Little more than 36 hours after it started in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, the blaze surpassed last June's Waldo Canyon fire as the most destructive in state history. That blaze burned 347 homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

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Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood in Silver Spring after severe storms came through the region, bringing on heavy rain and winds. Ominous storm clouds darkened the sky over the region (below). Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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An AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter assigned to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Woodland Fire Crew, helps contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. According to officials, at least 360 homes have been burned, and 38,000 people have been evacuated since the fire began earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Pedestrians run for cover in Rosslyn as severe storms move through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jose Torres, center, surveys damage to his truck from a large branch which fell outside his house in the Cloverly neighborhood when severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway helps clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway, right, helps a crew clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jose Torres, center, surveys damage to his truck from a large branch which fell outside his house in the Cloverly neighborhood when severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway helps clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A slurry bomber flies over homes as it prepares to drop fire retardant on the Black Forest fire northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. The fire has consumed an estimated 7,500 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. (AP Photo/BryanOller)