Tag: wildland

Colorado Wildfire Forces Evacuation Orders for 19,000 People

BOULDER, Colo.—Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,400 people Saturday 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 was fueled by wind earlier in the day and had grown to…


Officials Lift Most Evacuation Orders on Colorado Wildfire

BOULDER, Colo.—A wildfire south of Boulder that forced nearly 20,000 people to flee was listed at 21 percent contained and most evacuations had been lifted by Sunday morning, officials with Boulder Fire-Rescue said. The fire, which ignited Saturday, burned to within 1,000 yards of homes on the west end of Boulder, said Mike Smith, incident…