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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Colorado Springs wildfire fully contained

Signs are placed in the yard of a home destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfire in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday. (Associated Press)

 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history has been fully contained less than three weeks after it erupted.

 According to a statement from the federal incident management team, the 29-square-mile Waldo Canyon fire was completely encircled by containment lines on Tuesday.

 The fire killed two people and destroyed nearly 350 houses when it burned into northwest Colorado Springs. The cause is still under investigation. As many as 32,000 people were evacuated.