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Apr 15, 2008 9:41 pm US/Mountain

2 Die In Wildfire That Forced Ordway To Evacuate

Wildfire Forces Entire Town Of Ordway To Evacuate

ORDWAY, Colo. (CBS4) ― At least two people died when a wind-driven wildfires swept across the plains and forced 1,110 residents to evacuate from southeastern Colorado town of Ordway Tuesday, and the fate of a pilot was unknown after a single-engine plane crashed while fighting a fire at Fort Carson Army post.

Crowley County sheriff's deputy Bill Hamilton confirmed the two deaths near Ordway, though he could not immediately provide details.

Mike Fergus of the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the crash of a crop duster-type plane along Colorado 115 just east of Fort Carson, where firefighters battled a 1,000 acre fire.

Highways 96 and Highway 71 had to be closed in, and around Ordway, which is located about 50 miles east of Pueblo.

Reports said there were as many as six structures on fire, including some houses. Other fire were said to be barns.

The fire broke out early Tuesday afternoon with 80-degree temperatures and winds gusts of 30 miles per hour.

The superintendent of schools told KKTV in Colorado Springs that 520 children were bused out of town to safety to Sugar City. Parents were asked go to the Sugar City Middle School to pick up their children.

The fires were two of three major conflagrations that broke out across Colorado which saw a wetter than normal winter that was followed by a dry March. A storm moving into the state was expected to bring rain and snow.

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