Cooler temperatures and lighter winds have decreased the fire activity this evening but there are still a few spots burning hot. COwx pic. At least one first responder and six others were injured in the fires that began Thursday morning, unusually late in the year and following an extremely dry fall and a winter so far nearly devoid of snow.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle acknowledged Thursday that more injuries and deaths were possible due to the intensity of fires that quickly swept across the region. Pelle said Friday that while 2, homes were in the burn area, he did not expect all those homes were lost. Evacuations were ordered Thursday for the cities of Louisville and Superior, located about 20 miles northwest of Denver and home to a combined 34, people.
A nearby portion of U. Highway 36 also was shut down. Some residents of the city of Broomfield were also told to leave, CBS Denver said, though they were allowed to return home late Thursday night. E of US Our thoughts are with our neighbors tonight who lost their homes and businesses. We continue to assist our law enforcement and fire partners as necessary. MarshallFire MiddleForkFire pic. The neighboring towns are filled with middle and upper-middle class subdivisions surrounded by shopping centers, parks and schools.
The area is in between Denver and Boulder, a foothills college town home to the University of Colorado. The evacuations were fairly calm and orderly, but winding streets in subdivisions quickly became clogged as people tried to get out.
It sometimes took cars as long as 45 minutes to advance about a half mile. Shoppers at a Costco store evacuated as the store's parking lot became engulfed in smoke. Inside a Chuck E. Cheese, panicked parents and children rushed for the exits as large clouds of smoke rushed in, but they struggled for a few seconds to get the doors open due to strong winds.
Small fires cropped up here and there in surprising places — on the grass in a median or in a dumpster in the middle of a parking lot — wind gusts caused the fire to jump and spread. Shifting winds caused the skies to turn from clear to smoky and then back again as emergency sirens blared nearby. Governor Jared Polis described the fire Friday as suburban and urban, citing damage to Costco and Target while sparing two hospitals. Some Xcel Energy electric and natural gas customers will experience outages connected to the fires, according to the Colorado Sun.
At least seven people were injured in the wildfire that erupted in and around Louisville and Superior, neighboring towns about 20 miles northwest of Denver with a combined population of 34, More than homes were feared destroyed.
For the thousands of residents whose homes survived the conflagration, Red Cross shelter volunteers distributed electric space heaters as utility crews struggled to restore natural gas and electricity. Families forced to flee the flames with little warning began returning to their neighborhoods Friday to find a patchwork of devastation. On some blocks, homes reduced to smoking ruins stood next to ones practically unscathed by the fires. In a press conference on Friday Colorado governor Jared Polis said it was a miracle that there have been no deaths after a fire ripped through Boulder County on Thursday.
Leah Angstman told the Associated Press that the sky was dark brown and dirt was blowing around in swirls like snakes. Hospitals in the southeast of Boulder County were evacuated, including patients in intensive care. Theb image below shows a man looking through the snow-covered remains of his brother's burned homes after the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colorado.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed as the wildfire spread through suburbs outside of Denver on Thursday. A Twitter user shared images of the before and after of Boulder county in Colorado after fires ripped through the area on Thursday.
This is my home. Words continue to fail me after all the shit Colorado has gone through the last week. Just absolutely devastating. I was born in Boulder and I grew up in Louisville and Broomfield. I currently work in Louisville. At least homes have been destroyed — making the Marshall wildfire the most destructive in Colorado history. Officials expect the number of homes destroyed to rise.
More than 30, people were forced to evacuate their homes in Superior and Louisville on Thursday. An overnight dumping of snow and frigid temperatures on Saturday compounded the misery of hundreds of Colorado residents who started off the new year trying to salvage what remains of their homes. At least 6 inches of snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene amid the still-smoldering remains of homes.
Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football. Rodriguez Jennifer Korn. About 6, acres were also destroyed, according to a wildfire map that shows the devastation.
Despite the severe structure damage, there have been no reports of fatalities. Rodriguez 2nd Jan , Three people missing While officials had previously said no one was missing, Boulder County spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said on Saturday that three people are missing after fires ripped through Colorado this week.
Images show devastation Snow covers the burned remains of a shopping center after the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colo. He added that structures were destroyed and a further were damaged. Watch the fire spread A Twitter user shared a video captured from a home surveillance camera that shows how fast the wildfires in Colorado spread.
High wind velocity in the area made the fire spread at extremely dangerous speeds. He already had a makeshift bed in his car but forgot his toothbrush and contact lenses. Wind gusts reached mph According to The Colorado Sun , at least homes and businesses in neighborhoods Superior and Louisville east of Boulder burned on Thursday.
The fire quickly spread as wind gusts reached mph. As of 9. Boulder County lost about 1, homes Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle estimated that about 1, homes may have been lost in the wildfires. He said he expects to learn of at least homes lost. Governor declared state of emergency Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a state of emergency as wildfires burn through Boulder County. How many were evacuated? At least homes have been lost in the wildfires.
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