Calling it a test day, fire officials in Colorado say they'll soon learn if the progress they've made against a blaze near
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Colorado Springs will hold as the weather begins to turn against them. (June 30)
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[SOT/](jerri Marr, Forest Manager Pike and San Isabel National forests)("So let's talk about this fire today. You saw a lot of smoke in the air yesterday, we had a lot of burning operations go on and that was great as a result of the hard work yesterday we are able to say our containment numbers are up to 30 percent. We feel really great about the hard work that was done and hard work that's going to go on today. Temperatures are going to be up to, you're going to see some more smoke in the air, you're going to see some more burning opeartions going on. Today is going to be our test day. Today we're going to see how all the things we've done will hold. With temperatures rising we'll see if that holds. Today is going to be a great test of where we are in this fire. We expect to have ")(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: Pete---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: pool-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none
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