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Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in the US state of Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said on Saturday that the three missing people, whom he declined to identify, all lived in homes that were consumed by the blaze.
“The structures where these folks would be are completely destroyed,” Pelle said at a news briefing.
Wind gusts in excess of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) pushed flames eastward into the towns of Superior and Louisville, prompting the evacuation of both communities.
In about two hours, the fire had scorched 6,000 acres (2,428 hectares) , officials said.
Officials initially said there were no reports of fatalities or missing residents following the rare urban wildfire that erupted on Thursday morning on the northern outskirts of the Denver metropolitan area.
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Article URL : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/2/3-people-missing-hundreds-of-homes-destroyed-in-colorado-fire