In the blaze the city of Colorado bitterly experienced, two people went missing and many homes destroyed in the devastating flames. Tens of thousands had to flee, chased away by flames that destroyed entire neighborhoods on Thursday. , in this American state.
Authorities said Sunday, January 2, that two people are still missing and one was found alive after a day of fire that ravaged and destroyed nearly a thousand homes Thursday in the US state of Colorado. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle told reporters one of those people was found alive and well. One thing that reassured the victim's family. He also said that searches were still underway to locate the others.
At least 991 homes were destroyed in the blazes that ravaged entire neighborhoods of Superior and Louisville, two towns bordering Denver, the state's largest city, on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands to flee in an emergency. "Families only had a few minutes to put everything they could - their animals, their children - in the car and leave,"
The report confirmed that at least 991 homes were collapsed in the blazes that ravaged entire neighborhoods of Superior and Louisville on Thursday, two towns bordering Denver, the state's main city, forcing tens of thousands of people to leave. flee in an emergency. Colorado Governor Jared Polis explained that families had only a few minutes to put everything they could, their animals, their children in the car and leave.
It was a very sad development that left the inhabitants who lost their homes with nothing, and who see only one way out, to escape and flee to save their skins.
Snowfall may have stopped the continuation of the flames and the spread of the fire on Friday, yet it complicated the search for the missing. Mr Pelle said it was a very difficult search due to the debris, the heat, the snow.
The fire, called "Marshall", started in the arid climate of that western state, fueled by wind gusts of more than 160 km / h on Thursday. The damage is startling: in aerial images, entire streets are little more than piles of smoking ash. The blaze, unlike previous fires, affected suburbs, not just rural areas.
In the fire zone, about 1,000 homes were still without power on Sunday, according to Alice Jackson of Xcel Energy, and more than 11,000 were without gas.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire, and a search warrant was announced on Saturday.