COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Investigators are getting closer to pinpointing where Colorado's most destructive wildfire started and that should help allow residents of the area hit hardest by the blaze to temporarily return home.
El Paso County sheriff Terry Maketa said Monday that local, state and federal investigators are "zeroing in on the point of origin" of the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs. He said were working to bring in some heavy equipment to help that work.
Nearly 500 homes have been lost in the 22-square-mile fire, which is 75 percent contained. Two unidentified people who were trying to flee were found dead in the rubble.
There were no lightning strikes when the fire broke out Tuesday amid record breaking heat so it's believed the fire must have been caused by a person or a machine.