DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Fire crews in Colorado, meanwhile, are battling flames on two fronts and they appear to be losing ground. Strong winds have pushed the fires, two fires, across some 10,000 acres and chased hundreds of people from their homes. For the latest on the Drake fire -- it's near Denver -- we turn to reporter Raj Chohan of CNN affiliate</s>KCNC. RAJ CHOHAN, KCNC REPORTER: Daryn, the Bobcat fire continues to grow in Larimer County. It's actually moved east away from the town of Drake where we are now and has roughly doubled in size in the last 24 hours. That means 5,000 acres have been set to flame, more than 400 people evacuated from homes, and at least five homes have been destroyed by this fire so far. Now, some good news for some of those people evacuated from the Storm Mountain area: They may be able to return to their homes and check on damage today. It all depends on the status of those smoldering hot spots that continue to flare up. Some different concerns, though, in Masonville. Residents there scrambled to escape last night. They had to worry not only about their homes, but their livestock as well. Some ranchers cut down fences to give their cattle and animals a fighting chance. The Red Cross has set up emergency shelters and the Salvation Army is helping to feed firefighters. That firefighting presence is expected to grow here, and it is growing by the hour as members of national and out-of-state firefighting teams continue to arrive. Roughly 250 firefighters should turn into 400 to 500 crew members working this blaze. The hope is to eventually move from a defensive posturing to protect structures to an attack mode where they can actually begin to get this fire under control. Right now, firefighters can only adopt this defensive mode right now. They just don't have the manpower to beat this fire down yet. So the best they can do is move people out of these high-risk areas and protect as many homes as possible. That's the latest in Larimer County. Daryn, back to you.</s>KAGAN: Raj Chohan, thank you very much for that report.
Strong Winds Spread Colorado Wildfires