University of Colorado Boulder senior Nicole Briar returns to UCHealth Broomfield Hospital to thank the team of doctors who helped her regain her ability to walk following a serious illness.
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty winds in central Colorado, according to the Boulder County sheriff, have grown into raging blazes Thursday afternoon. Louisville, Colorado, with a population of about 20,000, is being asked to evacuate, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. The entire city of Superior, Colorado, with a population of about 13,000 people, is also being asked to evacuate. The National Weather Service of Denver/Boulder described the situation in Louisville as life-threatening in an alert on Twitter Thursday afternoon, while urging people to leave immediately. Centura Health's Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville started evacuating its patients, starting with its most critical, a Centura Health spokesperson told ABC News Thursday afterno
Multiple growing and fast-moving grass fires have forced evacuations in Boulder County as strong winds continue to blow through the area and spread the fire to homes. Read this story for the latest.
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty winds in central Colorado, according to the Boulder County sheriff, have grown into raging blazes Thursday afternoon. Of two wildfires burning, the most significant the Marshall Fire was first reported after 11 a.m. Thursday and has since "ballooned" to approximately 1,600 acres, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle told reporters during a press briefing. "We've been really concerned about the speed of the fire," Pelle said. "This was consuming football-field lengths of land in seconds." Louisville, Colorado, with a population of about 20,000, is being asked to evacuate due to the Marshall Fire, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. The enti