Real-time blogging from this afternoon’s news conference:

The good news: No growth in acreage, containment up to 25%, no firefighters injured or lost. No new evacuations yesterday, for the first time since the fire started. Despite the total destruction of 347 homes, 81% of houses in the area were saved, with varying amounts of smoke and fire damage.

Firefighters are weeping because they take the destruction so personally. President Obama is here today and has been meeting with firefighters to thank and encourage them. Incident commander says no disruption from his visit.

The bad news: The bodies of two people reported as missing in Mountain Shadows have been found. They lived in the same house. No word yet on why they didn’t or were unable to evacuate.

Numerous small fires, including arson-caused, have started and been put out over the course of this week. Hope is for relief when monsoon season starts in mid-July. Drought and record high temperatures have combined to make this summer’s fire danger especially bad. Investigators still have not been able to reach the ignition site for the Waldo Canyon fire, although an ignition-and-cause specialist is on hand for whenever it becomes accessible.

Since Tuesday’s firestorm, the Waldo Canyon fire has become the most destructive fire in Colorado history.

There is a 10,000-acre fire near Grand Junction that has caused parts of I-70 to be shut down. The High Point fire near Fort Collins is also still raging.

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