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<p>A slurry bomber drops retardant on the Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County, Colo., Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Investigators were trying to determine whether a controlled burn designed to minimize wildfire risk reignited and became a stubborn mountain wildfire that forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes and may have caused the deaths of two people. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)</p>

<p>A slurry bomber drops retardant on the Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County, Colo., Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Investigators were trying to determine whether a controlled burn designed to minimize wildfire risk reignited and became a stubborn mountain wildfire that forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes and may have caused the deaths of two people. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)</p>

March 29, 2012

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Hickenlooper stops prescribed burns after wildfire
March 29, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Hickenlooper stops prescribed burns after wildfire

Dozens of homes destroyed near Denver

CONIFER, Colo. - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday suspended the use of state prescribed burns like the one that may have caused a deadly wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes near Denver.