I'm watching the Twittersphere during this afternoon's media briefing and it appears there is some good news on the High Park Fire, and some not-so-good news. But the best news could be what looks like a rain cloud developing over the High Park Fire area! Some people were reporting light rain near Ted's Place off Highway 287.

C'mon rain, do your thing!Right now the Fort Collins forecast is calling for a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Fingers crossed!

What I learned from Twitter this afternoon:

  • At least 31 homes have been destroyed, but that number WILL get bigger once they can catalogue the actual damage.
  • The fire appears to have now burned around 52,000 acres (Grew by about 2,000 acres today).
  • Some progress has been made on creating fire lines and the fire is estimated to be between10-20% contained.
  • A lot of people have been able to return to their homes, many more have not.
  • Over 1,300 firefighters are now working on the blaze.
  • This things is still burning out of control and could be very unpredictable.

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