In Boulder, Colorado at least 54 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire and four people are missing. Twenty- four fire trucks, 200 fire fighters, and several aircrafts were used to battle the fire. Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter, declared a state of emergency, when the size of the wildfire doubled. The fire first started at 7,100 acres and then later shrunk to 6,128 acres. The state will be throwing $5 million into the battle to save the forest and homes located around the canyon. Police are investigating the possible causes of this fire and they suspect a vehicle hit and ruptured a propane tank. That’s all the information police have for right now, but at least no injuries have been reported.
I think it’s terrible that all those people lost their homes and the forest that surrounded them. It’s a good thing that the governor declared a state of emergency and threw in $5 million to help the ones, who had to battle the fire and lost everything.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/10/colorado.wildfire/index.html?iref=allsearch#fbid=S4ucOIpPXVG&wom=false
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