One found two people still missing after a Colorado fire, Reuters reported

By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) – Two people were still missing in a fire in two towns in Colorado’s Boulder County, which was blown up by thousands of evacuations and nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Sunday.

One of the three people who went missing on Saturday was noticed, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said at a news conference Sunday.

“First and foremost in terms of life, we have come together and now we are twice (missing),” he said.

Officials initially said there were no reports of deaths on Thursday as a result of a rare urban fire outside the northern Denver metropolitan area.

Officials initially said there were no reports of dead or missing residents as a result of a rare city fire on the northern outskirts of the Denver metropolitan area on Thursday morning.

Wind gusts of more than 100 miles (160 km / h) on Thursday pushed the flames east to Superior and Louisville, evacuating both communities.

In about two hours, the fire burned 6,000 acres, authorities said the fire sometimes moved the length of a football field in seconds.

Pell said the two missing people, who were not identified, were living in homes that had been consumed by the fire.

Pell said the 991 homes in Superior, Louisville, and the county have been destroyed, making it the most devastating fire in state history in terms of lost homes.

On Sunday, sheriff’s deputies were using corpse dogs to go from house to house trying to detect a dead body, Pell said.

Officials initially said the sparks from the power lines blown by the wind had sparked the fire, but an inspection was carried out by the service company. Xcel Energy (NASDAQ 🙂 No damaged or fallen lines were found near the alleged source of the fire.

Pell said detectives are investigating all avenues to find out what started the fire.

U.S. President Joe Biden has called the scene a national disaster, and has released federal money to help affected people and businesses in their recovery efforts.

Gov. Jared Polis said Sunday that “I know it’s a difficult time in your life … We’re going to build stronger because we’re strong in Colorado.”