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Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people
Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,000 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes.
The wildfire had grown to 123 acres (50 hectares) by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Evacuation orders covered 8,000 homes.
Protected wildland was burning near the Table Mesa neighborhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder police said on Twitter. Authorities have called it the NCAR fire.
The fire is in an area where a blaze destroyed 1,000 homes last year in unincorporated Boulder County and suburban Superior and Louisville.
Superior town officials told residents in an email that there were no immediate concerns for the community.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wildfire-southwest-boulder-forces-1200-evacuations-83693090
It's a good 10 miles from me this time so... I got that going for me. Sheesh.
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)Stay safe and keep us posted!!
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)I'm not worried on our end. I wonder if this is going to become our new normal around here? It may be a long, hot, summer.
Ohio Joe
(21,656 posts)Looks like it may be getting under control. Gov Polis has given them aircraft to help fight it.
Link to tweet
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)AllyCat
(16,036 posts)No fire. When did this start? Maybe we just couldnt see it.
efhmc
(14,709 posts)Said one of her friends has evacuated and another is in a preevacuation area.
Bristlecone
(10,084 posts)And smell it of course.
About 2 hours later there seems to be less smoke and I could not really smell it when outside. Hopefully it is dying down.
MuseRider
(34,060 posts)Fire scares the hell out of me. I am way over in Eastern Kansas but out in the country surrounded by my hay pastures. So far we are very wet here but...it is likely not to stay that way. There have already been some small, out of control fires. I hope pasture burning goes well. Scares me to death. I hope you all have good pastures saved from this. That is my second fear, no hay! I will have extra again this summer if all goes well. I will send it along to anyone who needs. I have no real need for the money in the face of that kind of need, at least not enough need to not help out.