The thick black smoke pouring over the hills forced Mandy Ostebuhr to a snap decision: pets, kids' toys into the car, pretty much everything else left to its chances in Colorado's Waldo Canyon wildfire.
The smoke was so thick it gave her daughter Camile, 9, coughing fits and a nosebleed, and left a deposit of ash on the front step.
An exodus of neighbourhoods north and west of Colorado Springs expanded on Wednesday, as the wildfire broke through containment barriers, triggering a new round of evacuations.
"It's nerve wracking, just so scary," said Ostebuhr, carrying a plastic tub of kids' toys out to the car.
More than 25,000 people were ordered out of their homes on Tuesday when the fire, fed by strong winds and extreme heat wave, drove towards the air force academy and neighbourhoods north of Colorado Springs http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/27/colorado-springs-waldo-canyon-wildfire
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