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Dec 31, 2021 · Hundreds of homes burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated after a rare wind-driven wildfire tore through suburban neighborhoods in Colorado on Thursday, authorities said.
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- Tim Stelloh,Minyvonne Burke
Dec 31, 2021 · Hundreds of structures have been destroyed and thousands of people have evacuated after a 1,600-acre fire spread across several communities in Boulder County, Colorado. The National Weather...
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- December 31, 2021
- January 1, 2022
- Residents Lost Everything
- Why Colorado's Historic Destructive Wildfires Happened in Late December
- Drone Video Shows Incredible Damage
- As Many as 1,000 Homes May Be Gone
- Sheriff: 'Miraculous' That's There's No Reports of Deaths Or Additional Injuries
- Biden Issues Disaster Declaration
- Residents Asked to Stay Away
- Fires, Winds Prompt Power Outages
- Winds Gusted Over 100 Mph
- Broomfield Evacuations Lifted
The fires burned through strips of neighborhoods in Superior and Louisville, suburbs about 20 miles northwest of Denver. “Just hard. So many memories,” Superior resident Cathy Glaab told The Associated Press Friday, holding her head as she took in the scene. The home she shares with her husband, Richard, was left in a charred and twisted pile of de...
Thursday's Colorado wildfires were triggered and fanned by high winds, but their destructive seeds were sown by months of drought and exceptional warmth, and climate change is lengthening the western fire season. The fast-spreading Marshall and Middle Fork fires scorched over 500 homes and forced more than 30,000 residents of southern Boulder and B...
Drone video on Friday showed smoldering ruins of a neighborhood in Louisville, Colorado. Homes were left in piles of ash and burnt metal. See the images here.
Well over 500 homes - and maybe up to 1,000 - were burned in the Marshall Fire, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said in a news conference at around 10 a.m. MST Friday, shortly after he and other officials flew over the affected areas. The flames ate through more than 9 square miles, much of it in neighborhoods in the suburban towns of Louisville a...
“That’s awesome news and actually I think given the event we had yesterday pretty miraculous," Pelle said in the news conference. One person had been reported missing but is now accounted for. “It’s unbelievable when you look at the devastation that we don’t have a list of 100 missing persons," Pelle said. Seven injuries, including one first respon...
President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the fire-ravaged areas, paving the way for federal disaster aid, Gov. Jared Polis said during the Friday news briefing. "In the blink of an eye, this was a disaster in fast motion ... The last 24 hours have been devastating," Polis said.
"We know that you are concerned about your home/belongings," the Boulder County Office of Emergency Management tweeted Friday morning. "We will notify you about re-entering your homes as soon as we can!"
About 15,000homes and business were without electricity in Boulder County as of about noon Friday, according to poweroutage.us.
The National Weather Service in Boulder reported windsup to 108 mph in Boulder County on Thursday. Other parts of the region had even higher gusts, with 115 mph reported in Arvada, closer to Denver in Jefferson County. Winds in excess of 55 mph were reported in several other counties, including Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Grand, Larimer a...
Evacuation and pre-evacuation orders have been liftedfor the Broomfield area, according to a tweet from police at about 6:30 a.m. MST. For a map of the latest evacuation zonesplease click here.
Dec 30, 2021 · The wind appears to have calmed down in Boulder County for the time being, although fire and heat levels within the zone of the wildfire remain extremely high. The National Weather Service...
Large animals were being accepted at Boulder County Fairgrounds, authorities said. Boulder Fire Rescue spokeswoman Marya Washburn said the day's warm weather and strong winds were...
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- Dennis Romero,Doha Madani
Mar 28, 2022 · The city of Boulder lifted all evacuation notices for the NCAR Fire at 5 p.m. Sunday. Officials noted that no injuries, missing people or damaged structures were reported in the fire, which was...
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Dec 31, 2021 · Hundreds of structures have been destroyed and thousands were evacuated after fast-moving fires impacted several communities in Boulder County, Colorado. Follow here for the latest news.
