The Sheriffs Office said theyre deploying crews to cut fire lines and try to prevent the fire from spreading. You see all the smoke up there. Its been so dry lately, we really need some rainfall. We had something similar happen over the weekend that well tell you about in Summit County but once we get more information about this well pass it along to you. At this point, guys, we dont know anything about evacuation. We dont know how many crews are on the ground. Sky 9 Just Launched a little bit ago to br image and this is what it looks like, wildfire in albert county, so dry out there. Once we get an update, well pass it to you right away. Thanks for joining us for 9news at noon. Tim kaine is campaigning in denver today, holding a rally for voters at the National Western complex in denver. He is joined by dave matthews, who is putting on a concert this afternoon for the we have a link where you can register to attend at 9news. Com. Just because you are rsvp does not guarantee admission
County. The fire is 11,000 acres, has been dubbed junkins fire. Flames have crossed highway 165. The fire is expected to cross 96 according to the Custer County office of emergency management. Residents along colorado 165 are being told to evacuate. An Evacuation Center has been set up at the valley Bible Fellowship in west cliff. Red cross says a center is open in middle. Preevacuation is in place for north creek from the Pueblo County line. C dot says the fire has closed colorado 96 in between wet more and west life. Also closed at mcenzie junction. This is detailed on our website. In eagle county the free man fire has burned about 300 acres since saturday. No buildings are threatened and no one is hurt but the wind could be causing problems talking 20 humidity and gusts up to 45 miles an hour. Its not a good combination. Lets talk to meteorologist Becky Ditchfield about this. Its scary when you think about that. A red flag warning in colorado. The danger will last all day today. Its
Fire and flames have destroyed 30 buildings. Nine were homes. More roads have opened and more evacuees can go home, but drivers should though the roads can bemileanhour dangerous than usual. The fire is 50 contained and firefighters are working against the dangerous conditions. Oh, my goodness it looks like sunset but these are jumping behind the trees. Ortega and his wife sent these video on october 17 the morning the fire started. They were camping when a ranger told them to get out. Good thing they got out in time. The conditions are not helping firefighters. Becky ditchfield is here. We are not getting the same are not excessively low so we dont have watches and thats what we like to see but is mild and is still dry. Not a lot of chances for rain and out west, we have a good chance of showers west of fort collins. As we step through today we will see spotty shower activity over our foothills with most of the rain in snow in no and Central Mountains. We could see a shower creep in b
Comey is under fire for sending a letter to congressmen saying the fbi would look into recently discovered emails related to the clinton case. Democrats say when making that announcement so close to election day, comey is violating hatch act, prohibiting federal officials to use their authority to influence a election. Reid wrote a letter to comey saying his actions may ha Clintons Campaign says the e mails could be duplicates of old emails and likely dont contain bomb shells. To send a letter saying we may have information, dont know if its significant or not, without even looking at whats inside, 10 or 11 days before a president ial election. Republicans are con convenienced the emails are significant. Donald trump hammered away at the issue as he campaigned this are not going to believe this one another 650,000 emails. Trumps campaign is Building Momentum over the newest email scandal. Republicans think the newly discovered emails could confront suspicions that clinton did something
Court this morning. Allen put thousands at risk for hiv and hepatitis when he swapped syringes to steal a drug the former surgical tech pleaded guilty to stealing a drug. He will be sentenced for his crimes. He previously faced 14 years in prison. Now he faces up to 63 months this morning a judge heard objections to sentencing conditions from his lawyers. Federal prosecutors confirm 2900 patients had to be tested for hiv and hepatitis. To date, none of them tested positive. Well keep you up to date on sentencing for this trial. 48 hours before the polls close, the candidates are fighting for votes in battleground states. This campaign lasted 18 months. Right now were down to hours left before Voters Decide who Hillary Clintons focusing on unity. After feeling indication from the new letter from fbi director james comey. He says it will not change the fbis conclusions recommend nothing charges. A director yesterday. Hillary clinton is guilty. She knows it. The fbi knows it. The people.