"Fire evacuees return to homes" by Associated Press | September 11, 2010
BOULDER, Colo. — Crews held a wildfire near Boulder at bay yesterday, allowing some 2,000 evacuees to return home with a warning to be prepared to flee again.
Winds picked up again yesterday with gusts of up to 30 miles per hour, and residents were warned to keep an eye on the weather and how it might affect the fire.
Without power or phones, officials would have a hard time warning anyone who stayed if the fire threatened their neighborhood again....--more--"
Also see: Colorado Cookout
U.S. Weather Report
"Crews voice optimism on containing Colo. fire" by Associated Press | September 12, 2010
BOULDER, Colo. — Fire managers are confident they have stopped a wildfire burning in the Colorado foothills from spreading, but people who live in the blaze’s path still didn’t know yesterday when they would be able to return to their homes — or what remains of them.
I thought some were allowed to return.
The fire has destroyed at least 169 houses....
Authorities believe the blaze was human-caused. They are looking at whether a vehicle may have crashed into a propane tank....
Notice how the MSM and government ALWAYS has to have a SCAPEGOAT you can BLAME?
And then it turns out to be ANOTHER LIE!!
"Fire pit may have caused Colo. wildfire, newspaper reports" by Associated Press | September 13, 2010
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado crews let hundreds of evacuees return to their scorched homes yesterday as investigators looked for the cause of a devastating wildfire that has burned 10 square miles near Boulder.
A senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told The Denver Post that authorities are looking into whether a fire pit sparked the blaze, which could mean criminal charges are possible. The newspaper did not name the official.
Authorities previously said the fire may have started after a vehicle crashed into a propane tank.
Just throw whatever sounds good out there, right?
The sheriff’s office is aware of the Post’s article, but wouldn’t comment on the cause or origin of the fire because it’s under investigation, said Sarah Huntley, a spokeswoman for the fire response....
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"Crews struggle to contain 2 Colo. blazes" by Associated Press | September 14, 2010
LOVELAND, Colo. — Firefighters worked yesterday to control a 900-acre wildfire that destroyed at least two homes in the northern Colorado foothills as authorities said the blaze and another that burned at least 166 homes were sparked by household fires....
Sheriff’s Commander Rich Brough said yesterday the larger fire, which scorched at least 10 square miles and has cost $8.3 million to fight, was probably sparked Sept. 6 by a fire started in a pit days earlier.A lifelong area resident doused the fire with water and stirred the ashes to put it out, Brough said, but gusty winds brought the embers to life and blew them out of the pit....
Maybe; however, I no longer believe government or corporate media.
Crews were hopeful they could stop the newest fire....
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