Firefighters on Friday battled a massive wildfire that has so far claimed more than 100 homes in northern Colorado.
A sprawling wildfire in northern Colorado grew larger than the nearby city of Fort Collins on Monday, spewing towering plumes of smoke into the air and forcing thousands of people in its path to flee their homes.
A large wildfire continues to grow in Colorado, fueled by low humidity and strong wind gusts. KUSA reports.
A raging, fast-moving Colorado wildfire continued to grow Sunday, prompting evacuations as some 20,000 acres burned, authorities said.
A wildfire near Fort Collins, Colorado, spread over 2,000 acres and forced the evacuation of about 325 homes Sunday, according to the Larimer County, Colorado, Sheriff's spokesman.
Residents forced from their homes by a wildfire near Loveland, Colorado, were allowed to return briefly on Tuesday to retrieve some of their belongings, while firefighters continued to battle the blaze that officials say is now 35 percent contained.
Investigators determined the Loveland-area fire was initially ignited by someone who was burning leaves and branches.
A brush fire that had scorched some 700 acres in north-central Colorado had burned two houses and was threatening dozens more, an official said Monday.
Airplanes and helicopters drop retardants on a fire in Loveland, Colorado, that has burned hundreds of acres.
The accuser stood accused Friday as a Colorado detective faced charges he lied in the case that wrongfully sent Tim Masters to prison.
Tim Masters, freed after nine years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, sat down with CNN's Drew Griffin in 2008.
Richard Heene, the man who pulled a hoax by saying his 6-year-old son was drifting over Colorado in a balloon, must pay $36,000 in restitution, a judge has ordered.
The man who pulled a hoax by saying his 6-year-old son was drifting over Colorado in a balloon is finishing his 90-day sentence with home detention, authorities said.
A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by falsely reporting that his son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon maintains the incident was not part of a plan for fame in an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live."
The couple behind the hoax get a total of 110 days behind bars and 8 years' probation
A contrite Richard Heene, whose plan for fame went awry after he and his wife falsely reported that their son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon, apologized Wednesday to a judge.
Richard and Mayumi Heene are sentenced for their part in staging a hoax that claimed a 6-year-old was aloft in a balloon.
The Colorado couple who said their 6-year-old son was aboard an escaped balloon pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the well-publicized "balloon boy" case.
Authorities in Colorado have filed charges against the parents in last month's notorious "balloon boy" case, and the pair's lawyers say the two are expected to plead guilty on Friday.
Lawyer says Richard Heene will plead guilty to prevent Japanese wife's deportation
As a large silver balloon floated its way over Colorado, millions of Americans spent hours glued to their televisions wondering if 6-year-old Falcon Heene, assumed to be inside the contraption, was alive.
The former wife of Richard Heene tells HLN's Nancy Grace that she divorced Heene out of fear for her children.
Mayumi Heene says the infamous flight was "intentional," but Richard Heene's criminal fate is still up in the air
The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the "balloon boy" saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media attention, according to court documents released Friday.
The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the "balloon boy" saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media attention, according to court documents released Friday.
Last week's "balloon boy" incident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency representative said Tuesday.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks with friends of the Heene family about the alleged balloon hoax.
A former business associate calls Falcon Heene's dad an unrepentant self-promoter
"He wasn't very nice to me," says Sheree Silver, "but I don't think he would be physically abusive"
Richard and Mayumi Heene want to avoid being arrested in front of their kids over the alleged hoax
Sheriff Alderden now says either one or both Richard and Mayumi Heene may face misdemeanor charges
As authorities confirmed the "balloon boy" saga was a hoax, they checked the vessel created by Richard Heene to see whether it could have actually carried his 6-year-old son Falcon.
Richard Heene offers a cardboard box Saturday to receive questions about his son and about his famous balloon.
Authorities in Colorado say criminal charges are expected to be filed against Richard Heene, a storm-chasing father whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this week, sparking fears that his 6-year-old was aboard.
But investigators still plan to re-interview the family, who likely won't pay for the rescue effort
Authorities plan to ask new questions of the family at the center of the balloon drama that captured the world's attention Thursday, as a comment in a CNN interview and other concerns raised speculation that the incident may have been staged.
Follow the sequence of events from the initial reports of a six-year-old believed to be flying in a weather balloon.
Six-year-old Falcon Heene was hiding in the family garage - not in the balloon
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