'Fingers crossed and prayers': Colorado wildfire kills couple, forces more evacuations

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WESTMINSTER, Colorado: Residents remaining in Estes Park, in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, were told to evacuate their homes on ...

East Troublesome fire burns near Grandy, Colorado, US on Oct 21, 2020 in this still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters.

Livingston said the fire probably was caused by a human, but noted that the investigation was not complete. Estes Park resident Suzanne Adams, 44, and her husband Phillip, 49, fled their home on Thursday when just voluntary evacuations were in place. The couple decided to leave when smoke blanketed the town on Thursday afternoon.Phillip Adams said as the blaze"roared like a freight train" as it moved toward the town."I looked out to the west and could see flames 300 feet high over the mountain," he said.

The fire, which started on Oct 14, was 4 per cent contained as of Saturday. As the flames spread and jumped the Continental Divide on Thursday, authorities closed all 668 square km of Rocky Mountain National Park to visitors, and ordered the evacuation of several mountain communities."We are hoping, fingers crossed, that we get significant snow tonight," he said."We'll take advantage of that tomorrow.

 

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