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10/29 17:15 - Current Dome Fire Info |
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Dome Fire latest information (1700 hours/5 p.m., 29 Oct. 2010)
Evacuated areas:
- Canyon Park Avenue
- Sunshine Canyon Drive from 4th Street west to Poorman Road
- 40511-40517 Boulder Canyon
- Eagle Drive
- 7 Hills
- Granite Dr.
- Timber Tr.
- Green Rock
- Willow Glen
- Boulder Community Hospital complex at Maxwell and Mapleton streets (does not affect main hospital at N. Broadway).
The City of Boulder ordered evacuations west of 7th Street between Canyon Boulevard and North Street Evacuation Site: Coors Events Center Evacuation Parking: Colorado Avenue and Discovery and they'll shuttle to the Event Center. Evacuees can drop off passengers at the south entrance of the Event Center 139 residences in unincorporated Boulder County have been evacuated 800 (approx) units in the City of Boulder (representing about 1,700 people) have been evacuated Coors Event Center: 33 showed up; 24 have remained
Acres burned: 134 Firefighters on the job: 165 Air Tankers: 2 and by the end of the day, they will work till dark and by the end of the day will have made 20-25 fire retardant drops. Firefighters are assigned to structure protection and direct attack of the fire. No structures lost No structures threatened No injuries reported
Weather (as of 1700 hours) Winds out of the southeast at 17-23 mph, with gusts to 35 mph through the night.
Next media briefing: 2000 hours (29 Oct. 2010) at Boulder Reservoir
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