Center and back country neighborhood. That, of course, has since been lifted. Heres what one evacuee had to say. Im couldnt of freaking out, because ive got a couple windows open at the house, and got three cats, and so im just kind of worried about all the smoke. Ive got a truck full of groceries, trying to get it back into the subdivision, and they wont let me in. Reporter now, Stone Mountain Elementary School was also ordered to shelter in place as the eventually released. Some more good news, there were no reported injuries, and snow structures were reported by this fire. Andrea flores, cbs 4 news. Close call. Our lack of moisture and those very warm temps have created the perfect conditions for fires just like this. Meteorologist chris bears also in Douglas County now with a different Vantage Point on whats burned. You can hear this vegetation. I just hard you say the dry conditions, the record heat were dealing with. Over my shoulder, you can see what is left of the smoke coming
Right now hundreds of people are being allowed back to their homes after this wildfire in douglas county. Fire crews fully contained the chatridge fire just about an hour ago but at one point those flames were raging. In more than 850 homes were evacuated. Is it even closed highway 85 for a couple of hours. It burned south of highlands ranch. Cbs4 is live at the scene. Andrea, scary homeowners in that area. Reporter thats right. Certainly a scary afternoon for a lot of folks here. Hundreds of homes were evacuated in the back country subdivision. Residents have since been allowed back in. But if you take a look behind me you can see they are now getting a firsthand look at the burn area and how close those flames came to their neighborhood. The fire started at 10 acres just around noon but quickly grew to more than 200 acres by subdivision. The Sheriffs Office issued an evacuation notice for residents living within half a mile of the sundial House Rec Center in the back country neighbor
Eric lupher. And im dayle cedars. Morning . It wasnt horrible, but i did run into it. Patchy fog and then it would cheer up and come back . Some areas not seeing as clear a skies early on this morning. It is a big bowl of soup in fort morgan. Look at this. You cant see a thing. Its gotten worse within the last hour thannbetter. You cant even see some of these street lights. You could pick them out earlier, now its gone. A dense fog advisory is a major factor. If youre in fort morgan your advice blth visibility is incredibly low. Lamar souped in but not as ad. City heights are making their way lights making their way through some of the fog. Dense fog advisory for the front range. It basically comes down just right about parker so that 470 corridor up to fort collins and out east into fort morgan. This morning. Some areas quite a bit patchier than other locations. It is cold, Single Digits across the metro area. Castle rock and boulder the warmer locations at 12 degrees. Thats sad to sa
If you are going north on spear just turn onto irving or zuni. Well keep an eye on that and take a look at our cdot cams, cdot is kind of moving the camera now at 29th and federal. Still some smoke coming from the roof top, but thats why they have got this closed. They are blocking the streets so they have got it closed off for safety. Some sad news out of holly woods. Music legend david bowie lost his battle with cancer last he was 69. It doesnt matter what you wear just as long as you are grab a girl everywhere around the world, well be dancing, dancing in the streets. Bowie spent more than 40 years making music. The 60s. He inspired the glam Rock Movement in the 70s. He just released his last album last month on his birthday. He was 69 years old. This morning queen tweeting. David bowie the cleverrist most i dont know where im going from here but i promise it wont be boring. A quote from david bowie. Lets go to lisa. Reporter right now were looking at Single Digits and out to work a
Southern mountains where Winter Weather advisories are posted. California is posting for more rainfall and snow in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The most recent range is moving quickly northeast. It is unorganized. Denver will see a little light snow overnight for the morning drive tomorrow. About an inch of snow in the afternoon. Its the sec strongest wave off to the west of us that will prompt the National Weather service to really increase the Winter Weather advisory up to a winter storm watch for the it is creeping closer to Colorado Springs and pueblo. Heavy snow forecast for the south western mountains under a winter snow warning. Denver, no advisories posted yet. But with aware when you wake up the snow may be falling. Light snow. Be colder. Temperature ins the morning will range from the low to mid 20s with light snow developing between 5 00 and 8 00 a. M. Expect scattered snow showers off and on throughout the day. We get a break and the second a new arctic front. What doe