One has already destroyed more homes than any wildfire in Colorado history. Hurricane-force gusts fanned the flames of the late-season blaze.
The neighboring towns are filled with middle and upper-middle class subdivisions surrounded by shopping centers, parks and schools. The area is in between Denver and Boulder, a foothills college town home to the University of Colorado.
Shoppers at a Costco store evacuated as the store's parking lot became engulfed in smoke. Inside a Chuck E. Cheese, panicked parents and children rushed for the exits as large clouds of smoke rushed in, but they struggled for a few seconds to get the doors open due to strong winds. Pelle said Thursday one fire erupted just before 10:30 a.m. and was"attacked pretty quickly and laid down later in the day and is currently being monitored" with no structures lost.
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