Boulder Fire

Latest News Update About Boulder Fire: Two fires broke out in Boulder Canyon, causing mass evacuations, including downtown Boulder.
Fires, now totaling about 20 hectares, began about a quarter mile west of the Elephant Buttress the Dome of the Rock on the north side of the canyon, said spokeswoman Sarah Huntley of the Boulder.
A total of 181 houses in the foothills of receipt of the notice for the call to evacuate.
Residences and businesses in western Boulder were also asked to evacuate the area bounded by Canyon Boulevard on the south, North Street on the north and Seventh Street to the east.
Officials say about 1,700 people live in the evacuation of the city. In this area, there are about 800 residents and businesses.
Mapleton Boulder Community and Maxwell’s campuses are evacuated. No patients have come from either an outpatient basis.
Broadway Campus Boulder Community Hospital remains open.
Canyon Boulevard, which becomes 119 in the Colorado Valley, is closed on the Ninth Street.
“As a precautionary measure and help him answer the house fire to mandatory evacuations in some areas in the city,” said City Manager Jane S. Brautigam. “We want people to follow the instructions of emergency personnel right now to allow emergency equipment to be installed and the crew can concentrate on fighting the fire.”
City firefighters said started to write back operation, which will lead to significant power outages. Off is between 28 Street Nederland, compared with the original Street and Iris Avenue in Allenspark and Coal Creek in the mountains. The situation is expected to last four hours.
Fires that started 2 miles west of Boulder open space and the Mountain Park property, close together, according to Huntley. Fires were reported around 8:45 cause was not determined.
Currently, 100 firefighters
from seven institutions are fighting fires, which remove the fire in the air and spread a thick white smoke over Boulder.
The air tanker on fire and he did drop fire retardant.
Huntley said that one of the first settlements were evacuated two houses on Anemone-Road.
Canon-Road Department, which is based in Boulder Canyon, was evacuated. Also, the houses are evacuated in the north poorman Sunshine Canyon Road, which includes units of seven hills. Knollwood subdivision also evacuated.
People were asked to evacuate the area to go to the jury assembly room in the Boulder Justice Complex on Sixth Street and Canyon Boulevard, and the Coors Events Center at the University of Colorado.
National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the area until 6 pm
The weather service said it would be choppy and erratic bursts of westerly winds to 40 mph sustained winds of 20 mph are expected.
Red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions or place or imminent, said weather service.
Boulder County Health has issued health advice. The advisory said that residents who can see or smell smoke should avoid physical activity outdoors. In particular, children should be the elderly, pregnant women and people with respiratory conditions are at the door with Windows AD closed.
Currently, firefighters on the ground four miles of fire protection district in rural Boulder, Boulder Fire Department, Sugarloaf, Boulder County sheriff, and fire crews, the Rocky Mountains, and fire Lefthand Fire.
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