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Tempers Flare Over Use of Private Firefighters

(Oct. 3) -- The flames are gone from the most destructive fire in Colorado's history, but the debate is still heated. At issue are private firefighters who enter restricted areas with their own firefighting equipment to help protect the homes of insurance policyholders. More than 1,000 firefighters and 100 engines...

Wind Whips Colorado Fire Toward Boulder

(Sept. 10) – The worst wildfire in Colorado history is getting even worse, with winds whipping flames toward the college town of Boulder and threatening even more evacuations. The Fourmile Canyon fire has burned 170 homes in the scenic foothills of the Rockies since Labor Day, spreading over about 6,400 acres, or...

Colorado Wildfire Has Destroyed 169 Homes

(Sept. 9) -- As winds began picking up, authorities canceled plans to allow Colorado residents back in their homes in the foothills outside Boulder as firefighters struggle to contain a wildfire that's already devoured 169 houses and is still mostly out of control. About 3,500 people have been out of their homes for four...

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...