Residents of south Boulder, Colo., and the Eldorado Springs area were ordered to leave their homes Saturday due to a fast-moving wildfire near the site of a destructive 2021 blaze.
The wildfire had grown to 24 hectares by late afternoon, said Boulder Police spokesperson Dionne Waugh. About 1,200 people in Boulder had been told to leave, and no hikers were missing in the area, Waugh said.
Protected wildland is burning near the Table Mesa neighborhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), police said on Twitter. Authorities are calling it the NCAR fire.
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