Some evacuees near Colo. wildfire go home

Sunday, April 4, 2004

Deanna Laney departed the 114th District Court, following closing arguments in her capital murder trial Saturday in Tyler, Texas. Laney, 39, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder in the deaths of 8-year-old Joshua and 6-year-old Luke, and serious injury to a child for the beating of Aaron, now 2. A photo image of Aaron (AP Photo/Tom Worner, Pool)LAPORTE, Colo. -- Cool, wet weather Saturday helped firefighters trying to contain an 8,700-acre wildfire that has burned for five days, and most of the roughly 150 evacuated residents were being allowed to return home. The state's first significant wildfire of the season has destroyed a house and a garage, and threatened other homes and outbuildings. The fire west of Fort Collins in northern Colorado was 30 percent contained Saturday afternoon. It began Tuesday when a yard fire got out of control.

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