Fwd: Western Wildfires: Thousands Forced to Evacuate Due to Rapidly Growing Rocky Fire

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Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 2:17 AM
Subject: Western Wildfires: Thousands Forced to Evacuate Due to Rapidly Growing Rocky Fire
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