Authorities call on around 19,000 residents to evacuate following a fast moving wildfire in Colorado, US near the area where a blaze destroyed 1,000 homes last year
Authorities have issued an evacuation order for 19,000 people near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes.
The wildfire had grown to 123 acres by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Saturday's evacuation orders covered 8,000 homes. Protected wildland was burning near the Table Mesa neighbourhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder police said on Twitter. Authorities have called it the NCAR fire.
We got on the bus to get out of town as quick as possible. The fire is two miles from our house. This fire is the last thing our community needs. Stay strong everyone. Stay safe.