Tens of thousands of Coloradans driven from their neighborhoods by wildfires are anxiously waiting to learn what’s left standing of their lives. The fires that erupted Thursday outside Denver burned an estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center.
At least one first responder and six other people were injured in the blazes that erupted outside Denver on Thursday morning, unusually late in the year, following an extremely dry fall and amid a winter nearly devoid of snow so far.
Instead of opening presents, Guanella and his wife, their three children and three dogs were staying a friend’s house in Denver, hoping their house was still standing.As night fell, officials watched the behavior of the wind and flames to determine when crews could safely go in to assess the damage and search for any victims.
The two towns are filled with middle- and upper-middle-class subdivisions with shopping centers, parks and schools. The area is between Denver and Boulder, home to the University of Colorado. “The sky was dark, dark brown, and the dirt was blowing in swirls across the sidewalk like snakes,” she said. The first fire erupted just before 10:30 a.m. and was “attacked pretty quickly and laid down later in the day” with no structures lost, the sheriff said. A second blaze, reported just after 11 a.m., ballooned and spread rapidly, Pelle said. It covered at least 2.5 square miles .Scientists say climate change is making weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
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