Reuters recently reported that authorities have discovered a second body in the debris of a burned-out home in Colorado Springs. This marks the second fatality from a fierce wildfire that ranks as the most destructive in Colorado’s history, having incinerated 347 homes. Police confirmed the devastating toll.
I may not have a foot on Earth, but I know that an estimated 18,500 acres have burned, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. The image shows homes in Colorado Springs (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti).
How do I know this, besides reading the news like everyone else on Earth? Well, I can actually see the Colorado Springs fire from space! The International Space Station captured incredible footage of wildfires blazing across the western U.S., including Colorado.
I can’t even begin to imagine the devastation on the ground…