>>> if the mountains outside denver, colorado, a fire that was intentionally started as part of a controlled burn , as they call it, got out of hand. and now thousands of people have been ordered out of their homes and there have been deaths. nbc's miguel almaguer has our report tonight.
>> reporter: 20,000 people may be forced to evacuate tonight as a wind-driven fire could close in on 65,000 homes. the fire has claimed at least two lives, an elderly couple, while a third person is reported missing. firefighters discovered the bodies among the charred debris.
>> they were loading cats, dogs and people on to their engines and vehicles to move them out of the way.
reporter: this fire began as a prescribed burn last week, but flaired out of control in the rugged mountain community of conifer yesterday. this time lapse captured the plume of billowing smoke that could be seen as far away as denver 35 miles out.
>> the plume of smoke was huge. it looked like a bomb went off or something.
>> the blaze charred at least four and a half square miles . you.
>> leave, and you have no idea if your house is going to be there when you come back, or if you'll ever come back.
>> dry brush and 40 mile an hour gusts fuelled the fire, this afternoon winds calmed long enough for airdrops as crews arrived from three states trying to beat back the flames. a fire originally started as a way to protect neighbors has tonight turned against them.
>> firefighters say at least 23 homes are a complete loss, zero% of this fire is contained. there is one piece of good news, wined with speeds are expected to die down overnight. brian?
>> miguel almaguer near the fire line in colorado tonight. thanks.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46873966/
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