The Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized the use of federal funds to help fight the Waldo Canyon Fire after Colorado Springs and surrounding El Paso County declared an emergency , which allows them to receive state and federal aid . At least 32,000 people are forced out of their homes . Air Force Academy moves residents out of housing areas . - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will carry crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken fields to a shipping point in Illinois. Response team spokeswoman : ` ` The fire conditions could not be worse ''
At least 32,000 people are forced out of their homes . Air Force Academy moves residents out of housing areas . - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will carry crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken fields to a shipping point in Illinois. Response team spokeswoman : ` ` The fire conditions could not be worse ''