In here we are seven days later the governor is still asking people to get out of the flood zones. Forecasters think the rivers wont rest until sunday so theres a long way to go. Take a look at this. A severe storm moves through part of oregon overnight. Heres a look at tillamook where heavy rain fell and strong winds caused quite the surf. Minor flooding was also a issue there. Local emergency crews had to close off a road leading to popular landmarks in the area. Because the weather was just so nasty. Closer to home the story we didnt really want to talk about this morning but we kind of have to. The reality is that the broncos lost to the chargers and it was pretty ugly last night. Denver never had the lead. Down 213 in the fourth quarter, siemian finally gets the broncos in the end zone with a five yard touchdown to bennie fowler. But late in the fourth, broncos down 2110, siemian throws to Demaryius Thomas for a decent gain, but fumbles the ball. Denver did get a late field bronco
Reporter there were concerns of that, but officials told us today they do not believe that anything emitted from those smokestacks. Was hazardous. Now, right now you can see employees at that roadblock there, where brighton boulevard is shut down in both directions from 56th to 60th avenues. The employees are with suncor security as we mentioned regarding roadblock and they say they are going to soon that facility after it was shut down since just after noon today. Thick yellow and black smoke could be seen from across the city after a sudden power failure at Suncor Energy in commerce city. At first it looks like there was flames coming out with the smoke. It was just really, really dark orange coming out. Reporter this picture shows a plume of smoke, the shot of out of one stack, a suncor spokesperson told us the excel power power failure cost and operational upset leading to abnormal emissions into one of the units. The smoke was created by what they call a catalyst dust, a clay subs
A whole bunch of smoke came out of nowhere. Reporter the air has cleared, but the questions have not. We do not feel any toxic chemicals were released. Reporter neither the state nor suncor have said what was in that orange plume or how far it may have traveled. What we do know is that the direction of the winds for this afternoon were mostly coming out of the southwest. So that would blow anything in the atmosphere off to the northeast, putting it right over Commerce City. Which is where officials were looking for problems as area. Reporter Petroleum Engineer Robert Schaaf says it is too soon to know if toxic chemicals were released. The final investigation will take some time. They need to be extremely cautious about, you know, what theyre telling people and saying that its not safe would be kind of irresponsible. If they really cant tell you exactly what it is. Reporter its not the first problem for suncor. Found in their drinkkng in 2012 benzine was found in their drinking water. T
Were working on getting those details for you, but right now, youre loooing at a live look at the airway motel where police are focusing their efforts following a shooting that happened just before three this morning. Reporting live along east colfax. Im Denver Police looking for several suspects who carjacked a person at gunpoint. The victim was hit by one of the suspectssbut the crooks stole a black camry and later ditched it. It was found a few blocks away. The suspects are on the run this morning. It is 7 0 7 01. Weatherwise, very pleasant. We are seeing some of the remnants of the storm that extremely impacted the Pacific Northwest. Some increasing cloud coverage to the southeast. Heres a view right now, downtown denver at 51 degrees. 58 out at the airport where 3 winds currently are from the this afternoon mainly for the southern portion of the state, but temperatures all across the front range, well above average. 80s both saturday and sunday, the cool down will comm but not unt
A brandnew skateboard he bought at the mall this evening. Julie leonardi, fox 31. Denver police are looking for two, maybe three suspects involved in a carjacking that took place just before midnight last night near 56 then tower. Police say the suspects stole a victims black sedan, which is found a short time later. We are working with investigators to get a description of the suspects. The victim did suffer minor injuries but is expected to be okay. Motorcyclist are getting express lanes on i 25 and us 36. Cdot says starting today, they will no longer need and express toll account and pass to use those lanes for free. Motorcyclist will still need an account and a past to avoid the higher license plate toll charges when using express lanes that dont have a trophy starting monday, a road closure it will be offlimits to traffic until memorial day next year. Crews are working to repair roadways heavily damaged by the 2013 floods access to the highway will only be allowed for residents wh