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4 Reported Missing in Colorado Wildfire

Sep 8, 2010 – 12:39 PM
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Dana Chivvis

Dana Chivvis Contributor

(Sept. 8) -- Four people are unaccounted for in the area where the Fourmile Canyon wildfire has been burning northwest of Boulder, Colo., since Monday, police said today.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it had received 20 missing persons reports and had located 16 of the missing, according to ABC7 - Denver. The remaining four missing people might not have evacuated, Sheriff's Cmdr. Rich Brough said.

The fire has spread across 6,168 acres and has destroyed at least 135 homes, forcing some 3,500 people to evacuate. None of the fire has been contained.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter declared a state of emergency Tuesday, freeing up $5 million in state funds to help pay for the firefighting.

NASA satellite photo of the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder, Colo.
Rob Gutro / NASA
A satellite photo shows the Fourmile Canyon fire near Boulder, Colo.
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