SANCHEZ: Welcome back. I'm Rick Sanchez. We've been telling you that there is a big story going on in Colorado and we've just gotten some new information. Apparently it's been heightened by this declaration from the governor of Colorado. Here we go. CNN now can confirm Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has just declared a state of emergency as a result of the four-mile canyon fire. Let me just show you some pictures. If you've got them, Rog, let's bring our viewers up to date on this story now that the governor has called a state of emergency. There are some of the pictures we got moments ago. It was -- one of our affiliates was able to have a photographer go into the area that they're following. There is some of the scorched area that we see now. Trees still good. Now the is obviously you're going to have fires from time to time, you're going to lose underbrush, you're going to lose woods. The problem is that -- or that's a house. See? That's what we're talking about. Now we're talking about people losing property. There are some reports of upwards of tens, maybe hundreds of homes either threatened or destroyed. We're trying to clear through this and make sure we know for sure. We know that several firefighters who are ironically burning -- working this fire, have lost some of their own homes. Look, this is a perilous situation for the folks there. We're going to stay on top of it. Now once again officially CNN can confirm that it's been declared a state of emergency, so says Governor Bill Ritter. We're going to stay on top of this story for you. We'll take a quick break and we're going to be right back.
State of Emergency in Colorado