the waldo canyon fireealone s blammd for deetroyinn 346 homes. alison kksik explains... while the damage adds up, so does the bill to covvr it. it. --reporter pkg-as follows -- the cost of fighting the wildfires in colorado is now estimated to be $67 million dolllrs. the federal government is picking up a big portion offthht bill, so yoor tax dollars are involved. the biggest fire is burning in colorado springs. and ss far it's cost $11 million just to fight the fires there. the city isn't giving ann estimates yet on property damage or business losses -- but some major toorist attractions had to close forra fewwdays. all of that means even more money is being lostt if history is our guide, this pollars. let's compare it tooa - massive wildfire that started near colorado's hayman campground in 2002. p to now, this was the state's biggest. it burned moreethan 137-thousand acree. it cost $42-million to fight that fire. but that was just 20% of tottl price tag -- which hit $207 million dollars! property lossss made up the majority -- but other costs like repairing water syst