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As Firefighters Gain Control of Colo. Blaze, Another Fire Erupts

LOVELAND, Colo. (Sept. 13) -- A new wildfire tore through northern Colorado Sunday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and destroying one home just as residents 35 miles away returned to scorched homes in Boulder after one of the worst fires in state history. The wildfire near Loveland quickly grew from just a few...

Colorado Blaze: Evacuation Orders to Be Lifted for Some

BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 9) -- As thousands of people waited to learn if their homes survived a raging Colorado wildfire, Dan Hackett hiked a second time behind roadblocks to make sure his house near boulder was still standing. Hackett, who lives in the mountain community of Gold Hill, said he watched his neighbor's home...

4 Reported Missing in Colorado Wildfire

(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...

Colorado Wildfire Destroys More Than 130 Homes

BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 8) -- A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 136 homes in just three days. Authorities provided the dire assessment as firefighters encountered a...

NASA Captures Satellite Image of Colorado Wildfire From Space [PHOTO]

(Sept. 7) -- NASA's AQUA satellite captured an image of the Fourmile Canyon wildfire northwest of Boulder, Colo., at 3:54 p.m. EDT Monday. The fire, which began Monday, has spread across 3,500 acres, forcing 3,000 people to evacuate and destroying dozens of homes. The U.S. Agriculture Department counts 14 other major...