News>Slideshow: Firefighters, aircrews continue to battle Colorado wildfire
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Brad Mabery downs a tree with a chainsaw with the help of Marissa Halbeisen while cutting and clearing a fire line in the Mount Saint Francois area of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012, Mabery and Halbeisen, both firefighters with the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Hot Shots, are helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock)
6/29/2012 - FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- More than 90 firefighters from the U.S. Air Force Academy, along with assets from Air Force Space Command; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Fort Carson, Colo.; and the local community continue to fight wildfires near Colorado Springs, Colo., June 29.
The Waldo Canyon fire has grown to more than 18,500 acres and burned hundreds of homes.
For a photo slideshow of the Airmen who are helping to battle the blaze, click here.