Photos (via AP) show aftermath of catastrophic Colorado wildfires; Hundreds of homes lost
Officials in Colorado on Friday said that a devastating wildfire burned a shopping center and anywhere between 500 to 1,000 homes in the suburbs of Denver and Boulder.
The fires sprung up on Thursday when officials suspect wind gusts of up to 105 mph blew down power lines in Boulder County. Those winds then fanned the flames, causing the fire to jump from house to house. Pelle noted that officials are still working to determine an official cause of the fire. Pelle says that while not every house in the burn area was affected, the 6,000-acre area where the fire occurred contained more than 2,000 homes. He added that officials would have a more accurate count on the number of structures burned over the weekend.