Tens of thousands of people were evacuated and hundreds of homes were destroyed as wildfires spread near Denver, Colorado. The fires are moving in Boulder County, located north of Denver, prompting Gov. Jared Polis to declare an emergency. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said there could be more injuries and deaths than reported due to the speed and intensity of the fire, known as the Marshall Fire. “This is the kind of fire we can’t fight head-on,” Pelle told The Associated Press. “We actually had deputy sheriffs and firefighters in areas that had to pull out because they just got overrun.” Within hours, the blaze had swept an estimated 1,600 acres and destroyed more than 500 homes, Pelle told reporters at a news briefing. “We know that approximately 370 homes in the Sagamore subdivision … have been lost. There’s a potential of 210 homes lost in Old Town Superior,” Pelle …
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