One particular question they plan to address is whether the behaviour and severity of the High Park fire was affected by the spread of mountain pine beetle, a pest that is rapidly overrunning Colorado because its breeding season has been extended by the warming climate.

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He started with the small quatrefoil lights of the Holy Spirit and the crucifixion, proceeding down through the main panels of Christ and his followers on the mountain, with all the way the white shaft of God's transfiguring light growing broader through the fire-and-storm colours of the glass.

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One of the worst has been the Waldo Canyon Fire, which last week roared down a mountain and razed nearly 350 homes in western neighborhoods of Colorado Springs.

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Which is why the Qualcomm engineer found himself one Friday in September rattling down a steep fire road in the Trinity Wilderness of northern California on his mountain bike.

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Owner Johann Krige estimates 25% of production has been lost in a fire that swept down the Simonsberg Mountain, largely affecting their prized Pinotage grapes.

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Officers were assisted by the Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and an RAF air support unit in their search of the water.

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