No official word within the last hour was 35 acres burned. Likely more at this point. Flames are dropping fire retardant in home of dousing the flames. Dozens of homes have been ordered to evacuate. We spoke to a nearby resident. Who says he his friends live ine house on the hill. And are waiting at the end of the street. In their car. Watching their home. Just become engulfed in smoke. Progressives battling progressives. The debate over whether colorado should pass government run health insurance. In november. Heats up as democrats call it reckless. Support essay the leaders are selling out to the insurance companies. With their new position. Putting people normally on the same side. At odds with each other. The republicans that are against it. As you mention something you tphaoebg happened. Unique happened tonight. Democrats speaking out against it. Right in tphropbt of the faces of the supporters. In you thought this election has been crazy. You aint seen nothing yet. These people a
Because of the winds. And because of all the trees. Well have more of an update. Later on. Getting some results. Major changes taking place right on on the 16 street mall. After our investigation exposed the growing violence in the heart of downtown. Everyone involved here is quick to emphasize. They will only be here to not enforcing law. And wont have police power. They will be trained to spot people who have special needs. Such as pen Mental Health or other services. Hiring a private security firm. For a million dollars. To aid police with more eyes and ears. And pointing mall trouble spots. Having uniform presence is going to help. Denver police chief says even with a dramatic drop in incidents like this. Since june. Including 3 blocks of skyline park. Patrols will be 24 ours a taeu. 7 days a week. Officers have already been training on the mall. Out of uniform. Each with a wide range of backgrounds. They will not have police police. Only they hope many of those people will be peop
Were looking ahead at changes you will see this week. First of all though, lets get to breaking news in denver. A couple of hours ago, a car smashed into a backyard and what a mess they had. Leaving a pile of wreckage. The driver took off. It looks like a tornado blew through this area. It happened on the 3400block of west evans which is west of evans and federal. Shawn chitnis is there. How is the homeowner doing . Reporter britt, hes lucky because he all in this situation. As you mentioned, it looks like a storm came through. We should talk about weather damage, not damage that came from 1 car. Lets give you a closer look at what were talking about. This car first hit a pole. Split that pole into two. Then hit the fence and hit this trailer and then finally hit this detached garage and storage shed there. The homeowner wanes side at the time. Woke up suddenly and wasnt sure what happened. Unclear if he heard something. But decides to go outside and see whats happening and discovers a
Olympic swimmers made up the story about being robbed by armed men in rio. The Police Officials say the three swimmers, including ryan lochte, were actually involved in a rowdy gas station confrontation that was caught on video. In fact, this morning a source there is telling abc news at least one of the swimmers was seen on footage breaking down a door to the bathroom at the station and fighting a Security Guard. Then the security apparently used a gun, demanding money for the damage. Two of the swimmers were pulled off their u. S. Flying for questions. Lochte was already back home in the u. S. A crash shut down colorado boulevard near i70 this morning. A car and semi apparently collided and fuel spilled onto the ground. One person had to be extricated and taken to the hospital. Colorado boulevard between vasquez and 48th was closed several hours but traffic is lets get your first alert forecast as we get closer to the weekend. Its nice now. About 5 degrees cooler than at the same poi
Without any clues, it was called off. Today will be the first search since then. This case goes back to july 22nd 22nd. A conversation got heated as they were talking about recent police shootings. He said he needed to cool down and walked out of the apartment. He didnt even have any shoes on and left his car behind. He was an emt for the south park ambulance. Many other First Responders have helped search fom. His disappearance is very unusual. In the days after he went missing, people were making play mrooes for his safe return pleas for his safe return. They were told to be prepare forward any kind of hazardous areas. That gives us an indication theyre not gonna be search the popular trails here. Theyre gonna be searching other new information involving a Police Officer and suspend carjackers yesterday afternoon near 12th and federal. The suspect who was wounded is a juvenile. Investigators he and two other juveniles were in a stolen car when they were approached by officers. The dr