WASHINGTON, 01 January 2022, (TON): Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and nearly 1,000 homes have been destroyed as wildfires spread through the US state of Colorado.
The fast-moving blazes are burning in Boulder County, north of Denver. Governor Jared Polis called it a "New Year's Eve miracle" that no deaths had been reported.
Some 30,000 people in the towns of Louisville and Superior were told to leave their homes on Thursday.
A state of emergency has been declared.
Governor Polis said in a news conference "it was in blink of an eye. This was a disaster in fast motion, all in the course of half a day.”
He added "nearly 1,000 homes are gone.”
Winds of up to 105 mph (169 km/h) are fanning flames across the region amid a historic drought.
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