An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening.
At least one first responder and six others were injured, though Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle acknowledged there could be more injuries and deaths could be possible due to the intensity of fires that quickly swept across the region as winds gusted up to 105 mph .
The activity of the fires, which are burning unusually late into the winter season, will depend on how the winds behave overnight and could determine when crews are able to go in and begin assessing the damage and searching for any victims. Colorado’s Front Range, where most of the state’s population lives, had an extremely dry and mild fall, and winter so far has continued to be mostly dry. Snow was expected Friday in the region though.
“The wind rocked the bus so hard that I thought the bus would tip,” she wrote in a message to The Associated Press. Angstman later ended up evacuating, getting in a car with her husband and driving northeast without knowing where they would end up. The fires prompted Gov. Jared Polis to declare a state of a emergency, allowing the state to access disaster emergency funds.
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