Residents of two northern Colorado towns were asked to evacuate Thursday after raging wildfires threatened to engulf their towns
. The wildfires started early Thursday after multiple downed powerlines led to small flames, though wind gusts of more than 100 mph caused the flames to spread through leafless trees and give the sky an orange filter. The blazes led the Boulder Office of Emergency Management to advise people living in the towns of Louisville, home to 21,000, and Superior, home to 13,000, to escape the wildfire’s path.
Six people were taken to a Colorado hospital with injuries from the flames, a UCHealth Broomfield spokesperson told ABC News, while Gov. Jared Polis has declared a state of emergency and offered residents “offered residents thoughts and prayers in
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