YODER - Laura Hansen stepped outside the Antioch Community Church on Tuesday morning and felt the heat of a wildfire on her face. Hansen and a handful of other rural El Paso County residents were in the church preparing for holiday festivities when they got word of a fast-moving grass fire shooting across the plains, toward their homes and to the church. Once outside, Hansen saw flames licking at the row of pine trees in front of the church. Firefighters were already there, and they told her to get out. Crews from all corners of El Paso County flooded into Yoder Tuesday morning to kill the fire. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette ......
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