MULTIPLE FIRE EVACUATIONS

multiple fire evacuationsThe Colorado fire has destroyed more than 500 homes and charred more than 22 square miles. It was 85 percent contained Tuesday.

In California, an unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park which grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes. Nearly half of those people were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday.

A wind-whipped wildfire in Arizona grew to nearly 8 square miles by Tuesday evening and was within 400 yards of some homes west of Prescott. Hundreds of homes and people have been evacuated by the so-called Doce Fire, which began shortly before noon Tuesday.

The GO|STAY|KIT comes in very handy during an evacuation or if emergency responders tell you to shelter-in-place.