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View Photo Gallery — Wildfires leave destruction across the West: A wildfire sparked June 23 near Colorado Springs has quickly grown to more than 2,000 acres and prompted thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, while another fire to the north claimed more than a dozen structures after sweeping through a Rocky Mountain neighborhood.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A wildfire near Colorado Springs erupted and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of a popular vacation town and the closure of nearby highways Sunday.

At least 11,000 residents of the town of Manitou Springs and nearby communities of Cascade, Chipita Park and Green Mountain Falls were ordered to leave Saturday or early Sunday. The fire quickly grew to more than 2,000 acres amid tinder dry conditions, gusty winds and temperatures that reached into the 90s.