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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — It's been nearly a week since the Alexander Mountain Fire forced hundreds of families from their homes, and many are still waiting to hear when they'll be able to return to their properties and check on them.Denver7 spoke with Kelly Atkins outside of the Foundations Church in Loveland, which has operated as a shelter since Monday.'It was it was burning right above us,' Atkins said.He said that he was at work in Brighton when he heard about the fire.
They've got people camping here,' he said.Gary Zawilinski works for the Red Cross and has been the shelter supervisor at the Foundations Church evacuation center. He said people have been coming in for food, shelter, and other resources.'Some people need help with fuel for their RVs or just supplies that they're running out of,' said Zawilinski. 'Some people are coming in because hotels are getting too expensive to stay in. They're pretty distraught.
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