Just northeast of where we are yesterday afternoon. And while the investigation officials says it was intentionally set. Its not hard for fires to start in these conditions, just look at how dry it is around me, incredible dry right now and you can hear the brush crunching beneath my feed. I dont show you yesterday, that fire, when it started. The fire blew up yesterday afternoon. It started on farm land in brighton around 1 30 in the a time it was out at 5 00 yesterday evening, it had burned through more than 300 acres of dry brush and weeds. Fire crews were able to protect the major structures. There were two, however, unused sheds that were destroyed. What made it difficult other than the dry conditions was the wind. The wind reached up to 20 milesperhour at one point. Now, this morning, the winds still is a little factor too. And again, its dry. Its going on average National Weather service says october 18th is when the city of denver typically see its first snow fall. Last year it
Obviously the side streets still very crunchy, very crispy and icy. Jayson is will talk about that in a minute. Look at our window owe estes park feels like 7. Berthoud pass 25 egre below zero. Were looking at sunshine today. So another change. Well see slowly warm today, but its going to be a cold morning. The kids need jacket, hot, gloves early on. A high just right around 40 degrees. So mostly sunny skies and as we head into the weekend, another big warmup. Well talk more about thht in a few minutes. Thank you, lisa. 4 31. The conditions on the roads is better than we expected today, but dont be fooled because theres always slick spot and we saw a lot of bad crashes overnight. Police says someone was hurt on i70 and vasquez last night. And i70 and 225, 1 car crash there. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. How are the roads right now . Jason gruenauer is checking that right now and he joins us from the first alert weather chaser, jason. Good morning to you. Wer
Pure ice. Look at this big piece of ice we picked up from the parking lot. Were near parker road. This is a thick piece of ice and solid because of that snow that melted yesterday and then froze over night. Take a look at 20mile. This isnt your busiest road in parker, but it will get more volume as we move in through the morning here. You can see its a sheath of ice. When we do get busier and lets say this light turns red and we slide through the intersection, we dont want to see it. Hopefully that doesnt happen. Hopefully we dont see too many accidents, but i have an feeling jason luber is going to tweet a lot of accidents on the highway. Jason gruenauer ii in lakewood. Have you been sliding around, jason. Reporter not too much, but there is just that thin sheath of ice on the road. Were in lakewood driving on the side on the mainly or roads. Outside, just slick intersections, but as you take around the turns in these back neighborhoods here, this is what youre going to run into. You
We start with lisa hidalgo. This storm is a fast moving system. We talk about this yesterday. It was going to move in and out. Were getting clearing skies as it moves north and east of colorado. This morning, very cold as skies clear. Temperatures started to drop. And right now, were looking at wind chills in the Single Digits. It feels like five at the airport. 11 in city berthoud pass, 7 degrees. A lot of sunshine involved. Highs near 40 degrees this afternoon. So thing will start to melt out more. Coming up, were going to look at the weekend warmup and theres more snow on our 7day forecast. Details in a few minutes. We have problems. Were going to start with the split condition. Here in boulder, 28th after highway 30e6 where its not too bad. You can see the slick conditions on the southbound side of i25. Slower than normal. No accidents just yet up there. We have problems out and about. Accidents and slowdowns on the southbound side of 225, a crash near 6th avenue. Were backed up to
The family of four stranded for days when their van gets stuck surviving on halloween candy. But no cell phone to call for help. How they were finally found. Good morning, america. Happy friday. Were less than a week out from thanksgiving, and so all eyes on the weather and that first snowfall millions. Yep, the snowfall in the middle of the country, seeing major weather whiplash. A 60degree swing. Some guys out golfing. That weather to this weather which makes you want to curl up under the sheets and ginger will have more on that. It could affect a lot of thanksgiving travel. In the meantime, a lot of work for donald officials confirmed former general Michael Flynn has accepted an offer to serve ago president elects National Security adviser. That is a key position for a general with a long career in military intelligence. A general who is also courted controversy inside the government and on the campaign trail. Were set to learn that he met with mitt romney. We have the latest develo