Huffington Post, 7/1/13, By JOHN MARSHALL and JACQUES BILLEAUD

YARNELL, Ariz. — More crew members and a top-level management team are headed to an out-of-control wildfire in Arizona that killed 19 elite firefighters and destroyed much of a small town.

A total of 250 firefighters and support personnel were assigned to the fire in Yarnell as of Sunday.

Fire managers say another four Hotshot crews are on the way. They typically have 20 members each.

The Daily Courier in Prescott reported that the fire had grown to 2,000 acres by early Monday.

The lightning-sparked fire also destroyed 200 houses and sent hundreds fleeing from the town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix

Wildfire Today.com -6/23/13, Bill Gabbert

On the map above we show the large wildfires in Colorado that are still active. The three southernmost are still spreading, while the Bull Gulch, Lime Gulch, and Wild Rose Fires have been relatively quiet for the last day or two. The acres burned are also shown.

The Papoose and West Fork fires have now been combined into the “West Fork Complex”.  We have more information about the West Fork Complex and the East Peak Fire.

Link: WildfireToday.com

Wunderblog.com - 6/12/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

Destructive wildfires erupted in three locations in drought-baked Colorado on Tuesday, fanned by strong winds and the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the state so early in the year. The mercury soared to 100°F in Denver on Tuesday, their earliest 100° day on record (previous earliest 100° day: June 14, 2006, 102°.) It was the second consecutive day Denver recorded its hottest temperature for so early in the year. At Lamar in Southeast Colorado, the mercury soared to 111°, just one degree below their hottest temperature ever measured, and 3° shy of the all-time hottest temperature ever measured in Colorado, the 114° reading in Sedgwick on July 11, 1954. The most destructive fire in Colorado Tuesday was the Black Forest fire burning near Colorado Springs. The fire destroyed over 60 buildings and forced the evacuation of several thousand people. The fire was aided by nearly ideal conditions on Tuesday afternoon--Colorado Springs hit 97° (only the 2nd time the city has been that hot this early in the year), with sustained winds of 29 mph gusting to 36 mph, and a humidity of 4%. Colorado Springs is under extreme drought.