Colorado Wildfires: Customer Captures Evacuation as Flames Approach
Published Date: 1/1/2022
Source: Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
Thursday's wildfires and high winds in Colorado came as a surprise to many residents.
Some were caught in stores and the winds and flames rose, forcing a rushed evacuation into the parking lot, where people drove away beside wind-whipped flames.
"I guess I'm a little scared," said Katrina Peterson as she drove out of a Costco parking lot in Superior. "This happened in five minutes, three minutes."
Authorities say 500 homes were probably destroyed.
At least seven people were injured, but there have been no immediate reports of any deaths or missing people in the aftermath of the blazes that erupted outside Denver on Thursday.
The flames swept over drought-stricken neighborhoods with terrifying speed, propelled by gusts of up to 105 mph (169 kph).
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