Heartbreaking scene hours before the year end as wildfires in Boulder, Colorado spread, turning thousands of acres into ashes. At least 30,000 people across two communities were evacuated.
Powerful winds up to 105 mph are driving flames across the region quickly amid the historic drought.
A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns near Denver in Colorado state, authorities
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We are absolutely unprepared as a species for the increasing natural disasters to come. The towns of Superior and Louisville in Colorado have been evacuated due to wildfires.
— ☭ 🇨🇺 jσєуաrecκ'ˢ Ɗуѕтσριαη Ƒυтυяє 🇰🇵 🙃 (@joeywreck) December 30, 2021
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Wildfires. In Colorado. In the middle of winter. A brutal reminder that the climate crisis continues to escalate.pic.twitter.com/1pTLD9I0Wc
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) December 30, 2021
This shouldn't happen especially after Christmas & two days before New Years. 😥😢😭
— 𝓘 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓙𝓪𝓷𝓮𝔀𝓪𝔂😷#WeAreStarfleet🖖🏻 (@IloveJaneway824) December 31, 2021
Hoping everyone is doing okay even know they lost everything from today's wildfires.
This is what climate change is happening right now.#Broomfield #wildfire #Colorado #DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE https://t.co/ya3YcIpkR6
This is absolutely gut wrenching.
— Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) December 31, 2021
The wildfire ongoing near Boulder, Colorado is being fueled by wind gusts that are so strong it’s nearly impossible to contain it all.
Praying for those families that lost today. #MarshallFire pic.twitter.com/QOiiUREZAI
Didn’t have this on my 2021 bingo card.
— Alli Pinter (@allipinter) December 30, 2021
We’ve evacuated and stuck in traffic, but please say some prayers for Superior/Boulder, CO please 🙏 #BoulderFire #Marshallfire #COWX pic.twitter.com/qq8psT9Oq6
Before and after photos of just part of the massive December blazes in Colorado. #MarshallFire #wildfire #ClimateCatastrophe pic.twitter.com/ZhNq6hiWJA
— alec_smithers (@SmithersAlec) December 31, 2021
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