.
. THERE
. THERE IS AN URGENT NIGHTTIME EVACUATION EFFORT ON IN GRAND
COUNTY TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE EASTTROUBLESOMEFIRE
BLOWING UP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CHURNING EASTWARD AS NIGHT FELL
PROMPTING A MANDATORY
EVACUATION OF EVERYONE IN
THE TOWN OF GRAND LAKE VIEWERS'
VIDEO FROM GRANBY SHOWS
THE SMOKE TOWERING OVER HOMES.
SO IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE.
HERE'S YOUR EVACUATION AREAS
FROM EARLIER TONIGHT.
THEY'VE NOW MOVED CONSIDERABLY
EAST OF THERE ALONG HIGHWAY 34
DOWN TO THE NORTHERN NEW
WESTERN OUTSKIRTS OF GRANBY
FIREGFIGHTERS FIRE MAY HAVE
GROWN BY 15 SQUARE MILES TODAY
AND EVACUEES ARE BEING DIRECTED
TO GO SOUTHBOUND ON THIRTY
FOUR.
THEY SAY PACK AN OVERNIGHT BAG
,LEAVE ANY GATES OPEN.
PEOPLE IN GRAND LAKE CAN ALSO
ESCAPE NORTH ON TRAIL RIDGE
ROAD, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL PARK ALTHOUGH THAT'S
CAN BE TRICKY IN THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS FIGHTING THE FIRE HAS
TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO CLEARING
PEOPLE OUT OF THE CONTROL PATH
AND ATTACKING IT FROM THE AIR
EARLIER.
WELL, THAT WAS OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
WE HAVE VIDEO FROM A NEIGHBOR
UP IN THAT AREA THAT CAME IN
WITHIN THE LAST THIRTY MINUTES
FROM THE SECURITY CAMERA AT HIS
PROPERTY AND THE TRAIL CREEK
NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE MILES WEST
OF LAKE GRANBY.
THE MAN WHO SENT US THIS VIDEO
SAYS IT SHOWS THE FIRE AS IT
SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY UP TO HIS
HOME AND THEN THE FLAMES
OVERTAKE HIS HOUSE.
9NEWS REPORTER MATT RENOUX
JOINS US NOW FROM GRANBY, SOUTH
OF THE EAST.
TROUBLESOME FIRE MATT.
GOOD EVENING, KYLE AND KIM.
YES, WE ARE JUST WEST OF GRANBY
ON HIGHWAY 40 HEADING THAT
DIRECTION IS WEST AND YOU CAN
SEE I'LL STEP OUT OF THE WAY
THE EASTTROUBLESOMEFIRE IT IS
FIFTY DEGREES OUT LATE
OCTOBER AND THAT FIRE IS MOVING
STILL EVEN IN THESE EVENING
HOURS AFTER SIGNIFICANT RUN IN
SEVERAL DIRECTIONS EARLIER
TODAY FIREGFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN
CONCERNED WITH THE SOUTH
OF THIS FIRE THAT NORTH FIRE
BUT REALLY WITH THE EAST
OF THIS FIRE PUSHING TOWARDS
GRANBY GRAND LAKE WHICH WE'VE
HEARD IT'S REACHED REPORTS
ALREADY GETTING INTO SOME
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE.
THIS FIRE THOUGH IN THE EVENING
IS EERIE, JUST GLOWING AND
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY AS
FIREFIGHTERS WORK TO PROTECT
STRUCTURES ALL OVER GRAND
COUNTY, NOT JUST GRAND LAKE BUT
HOT SULFUR SPRINGS AND THEN
HOMES JUST WEST OF GRANDBY.
THIS HAS BEEN BURNING FOR A
WHILE NOW ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND
ACRES AND FORTY SIX SQUARE
MILES BUT MADE IT SIGNIFIED RUN
TODAY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BIG
EVACUATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT PRETTY
MUCH ALL THE WAY FROM GRANBY TO
GRAND LAKE ALONG HIGHWAY 34 HAS
BEEN EVACUATED.
THAT'S A LOT OF HOMES.
THERE'S A CAMPGROUND IN THIS
AREA WITH TOURISTS IN THAT
,ALL
,ALL OF
,ALL OF THEM BEING FORCED OUT SO THAT FIREFIGHTERS CAN FIGHT THIS FIRE AND FOCUS ON THIS
BLAZE WHICH HAS STARTED TO
REALLY PUSH AND THEN JUST TO
SPIN IT AROUND.
SO YOU'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD
IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE BEFORE WE
GO BACK.
YOU SEE THAT CAMERA MOVE THIS
WAY.
THAT'S THE EVACUATION RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S HIGHWAY 34 AND HIGHWAY
40.
WE'VE JUST SEEN A STREAM
OF CARS GO IN THAT DIRECTION
ALONG WITH SOME FIREFIGHTERS
MOVING OUT OF THAT AREA AND
PROBABLY TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO NEXT.
SO KYLE, IT'S GOING TO BE A
LONG NIGHT.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE RALLYING
TRYING TO SAVE WHAT THEY CAN
BUT ALSO TRYING TO GET OUT
OF THE PATH OF THIS BLAZE.
YEAH, IT SOUNDED LIKE A REAL
FRANTIC EFFORT EARLIER TONIGHT
TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE SOUTH AS
THEY COULD.
TURNING THIRTY FOUR INTO AN ALL
SOUTHBOUND ROUTE AT THAT POINT
.
ANOTHER QUESTION WAS WHETHER
PEOPLE COULD SAFELY GET OUT
NORTH AND EAST OVER TRAIL RIDGE
ROAD.
THAT'S NO EASY DRIVE UNDER
THE COVER OF DARKNESS.
NOT AT ALL.
I MEAN THAT'S A DIFFICULT DRIVE
IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT WITH SMOKE IN THE AIR AND
THEN WORRIED ABOUT THIS FIRE
THAT'S MOVING INTO GRAND LAKE,
ALL THOSE FACTORS MAKING THAT
DRIVE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
BUT RIGHT NOW JUST ANYWHERE YOU
GO, IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFICULT
DRIVE IN GRAND COUNTY BECAUSE
OF THIS FIRE AND THE SITUATION
THAT IT BRINGS.
ALL RIGHT.
MATT RENOUX LIFEFORCE IN GRAND
COUNTY TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MATT.
SOUNDS COUNTY FIRE TWEETED
TONIGHT SAYING IT'S WILDLAND
FIRE TEAM IS HELPING FIGHT THAT
FIRE THAT EASTTROUBLESOMEFIRE
THEY SHARED THIS PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES IN
THE DISTANCE BUT REALLY IT'S
THE IMAGE AND THE RED IN
THE PHOTO.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU
ON THIS SITUATION THROUGHOUT
THE NEWSCAST AS WE FIND OUT
MORE IN BOULDER COUNTY.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING
PROGRESS ON TWO FIRES THAT
STARTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE CALWOODFIRE NORTH BOULDER
HAS BURNED NEARLY 10000 ACRES.
THAT'S 15 SQUARE MILES HALF
THE SIZE OF THE CITY
OF BOULDER.
LARGEST FIRE IN THAT COUNTY'S
HISTORY TO THE SOUTH.
LEFTHANDCANYONFIRE IS MUCH
SMALLER AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE
GETTING SOME CONTAINMENT ON
BOTH.
CONCERN THOUGH IS THAT THINGS
COULD GET WORSE TONIGHT.
SO THIS AFTERNOON FIREFIGHTERS
ORDERED EVACUATIONS FOR
THE LYONS PARK ESTATES TRYING
TO GIVE PEOPLE AMPLE TIME TO
GET OUT.
NOT NEWS REPORTER MARK SOLDIERS
IN BOULDER COUNTY WHERE
THE FIREFIGHTERS HOPING TO GET
SOME SNOW ON THOSE FIRES THIS
WEEKEND AS INTIMIDATING AS
THE SMOKE HERE NORTH OF BOULDER
LOOKS.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT THEY'RE
STARTING TO GET A GOOD GRIP ON
FIGHTING THE CALWOOD FIRE.
THEY SAY TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY.
BEYOND THE SIGN WARNING
OF DANGER.
WE'RE DOING REAL WELL TODAY.
OPTIMISM CREEPS OUT THROUGH
THE SMOKE AND FLAMES.
YES.
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WEATHER.
HOPING YOU KNOW, SOON WE CAN
GIVE AN UPDATE THAT WE'VE
TURNED A CORNER.
WE'VE BECOME USED TO PRESS
CONFERENCES LIKE THESE WARNING
US OF SPREADING FLAMES OR MORE
DESTRUCTION ESPECIALLY WITH
THIS FIRE SEASON IN COLORADO
WITH CALM WINDS DURING THE DAY
AND SNOW IN THE FORECAST TODAY.
FIRE MANAGERS LIKE JOSH SHROYER
WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME
POSITIVE NEWS.
IT'S GOING TO ADD SOME
MOISTURE.
IT'S GOING TO REDUCE
THE INTENSITY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT OUT
THE FIRE.
UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A LITTLE
SCARY.
I'M TRYING TO STAY CALM AND
HAVE TRUST IN THE FIRE LINE AND
THE FIREFIGHTERS.
TWENTY SIX HOUSES HAVE BURNT
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED PEOPLE REMAIN AWAY FROM
THEIR HOMES AS THE THREAT
OF WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT.
KEEP EVACUATIONS IN PLACE.
HUNDREDS MORE LIKE CLARA THOMAS
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET READY TO
LEAVE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE HAZARD THEY
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT CAN BE
REPLACED AND WHAT CAN'T.
AND I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT
OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT
THAT IMPORTANT.
IT IS KIND OF A WEIRD TIME
OF YEAR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
WINTERIZE HOMES AND THAT'S A
CONCERN FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE
UNPOPULATED RIGHT NOW.
WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
FIRE, THE BOULDER COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S
WORKING TO TRY AND LET PEOPLE
BACK INTO NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO
WINTERIZE THEIR HOMES BEFORE
POTENTIAL SNOW THIS WEEKEND.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SUFFER
ANY MORE LOSS OR DAMAGE THAN
WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
A DISASTER FILLED WITH FIRE AND
SMOKE NOW WAITING FOR SNOW AND
COLD AS FAR AS THE CAUSE OF THE
FIRE THAT'S STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
FIRE OFFICIALS ARE STILL
WORKING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHERE IT STARTED AND FROM THERE
THEY'LL FIGURE OUT HOW IT
STARTED.
IN BOULDER, I'M MARK ZELINGER
NBCNEWS AND UP NORTH IN LARIMER
COUNTY SOME EVACUATIONS WERE
LIFTED TODAY FOR PARTS OF THE
CAMERONPEAKFIRE WEST OF FORT
COLLINS.
CONTAINMENT IS GROWING COUNTY
ROAD 27.
REMEMBER THOUGH THIS FIRE GOT
STARTED ALMOST 10 WEEKS AGO.
THE FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND
ACRES.
THAT'S MORE THAN 320 SQUARE
MILES.
COLORADO IS NOT ALONE IN ITS
FIRE TROUBLES.
FORESTS ARE BEING SCORCHED
ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN.
EVERYONE IS FIGHTING FOR
RESOURCES AT THE TAIL END OF AN
EXHAUSTING FIREFIGHTING SEASON
.
NBCNEWS REPORTER RYAN HAARER
ASKED HOW THIS IS AFFECTING
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE LARGEST
FIRE IN STATE HISTORY.
THE WIND BLOWING SMOKE ACROSS
THE FRONT RANGE POSES
THE GREATEST RISK TO THE FIGHT
TONIGHT.
ALSO CAUSING PROBLEMS THOUGH A
LACK OF RESOURCES VIWER
MANAGERS AT THE CAMERONPEAKFIRE
SAY THEY NEED MUCH MORE HELP
THAN THEY HAVE BUT THEY AREN'T
COUNTING ON BACKAWAY.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A COMPETITION
WHEN YOU GET THAT KIND LEVEL
OF DEMAND.
STEVE WITH THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
INCIDENT COMMAND TEAM EXPLAINS
.
FIRE MANAGERS IN COLORADO ARE
NOT ALONE.
FIRE MANAGERS ACROSS
THE BURNING SOUTHWEST WANT WHAT
THEY CAN'T HAVE.
WE WOULD LIKE A NUMBER THING.
ONE OF THE TYPE WOULD BE
INCLUDED.
WE ALWAYS WANT MORE RESOURCES
BUT THE COMPETITION RESOURCES
SIGNIFICANT.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 16
HUNDRED PEOPLE WORKING TO
CAMERONPEAKFIRE OVER 100 FIRE
ENGINES AND FIFTEEN
HELICOPTERS.
IT'S A BIG RESPONSE.
BUT LESS THAN WHAT'S BEEN
REQUESTED.
THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY
COORDINATION CENTER HAS TO
PRIORITIZE THINGS THAT DRIVE
OUR SUCCESS IS GETTING KRESSE
OUR VALUES RISK PEOPLE PROPERTY
INFRASTRUCTURE 250 STRUCTURES
BURNED IN THE CAMERONPEAKFIRE.
THE FIGHT HAS COST NEARLY 94
MILLION DOLLARS.
BUT SOME VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS
HAVE BEEN LIFTED AND WITH FIRES
NEAR BOULDER CAUSING MORE
EVACUATIONS WEDNESDAY, MORE
LOCAL RESOURCES MUST BE FOCUSED
THERE AS MANY FIREFIGHTERS HOPE
FOR CALM WINDS AND SNOW TO PUT
THE EFFECTS OF A HOT, DRY
SUMMER TIBET.
THERE'S A CERTAIN FATIGUE AND
RESPONSE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO'VE
GOT 70 80 DAYS ON FIRES THIS
YEAR SO FAR.
SO THERE'S A POINT WHERE A
PERSON WANTS TO TAKE HAARER
MYSELF AND SAY I JUST CAN'T
RESPOND TO OUTBREAK DATA JUST
RELEASED THE STATE'S HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS FORTY FIVE
PEOPLE FIGHTING
THE CAMERONPEAKFIRE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COPD 19.
THAT'S 45 LESS PEOPLE WORKING
ON THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN
STATE HISTORY.
NOW THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SQUARE MILES IN LOVELAND, RYAN
HAARER NBCNEWS.
WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY TONIGHT.
THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING
AHEAD OF A COOL FRONT THAT MAY
BRING SOME MOISTURE TOMORROW.
IT'S THE FIRST OF TWO STORMS
AND THAT SMOKE PLUME FROM
THE EASTTROUBLESOMEFIRE THAT
BLEW UP TODAY VISIBLE UP AND
DOWN THE FRONT RANGE.
BUT NOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT
FRONT WHICH WILL BE HERE AROUND
SUNRISE.
IT'LL OFFER A COOLER WEATHER
AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
OF PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.
AND IF YOU LIKE SNOW SHOWERS
BUT NO ACCUMULATION.
THE STRONGER COLDER STORM COMES
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
BE EAST OF THE FIRE ZONES
TONIGHT AND THE WINDS WHICH ARE
FAIRLY LIGHT RIGHT NOW IN
GRANBY AND GRAND LAKE THERE
WEST FIVE TO 10.
THOSE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING
OUT OF THE WEST OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT SHIFTING FROM
THE SOUTHWEST WE'RE DEALING
WITH SOME GUSTS IN
THE LEFTHANDCANYONFIRE ZONE AND
CALWOODFIRE ZONES OVERNIGHT.
THIRTY FIVEO FORTY FIVE MILES
PER HOUR AND TOWARD DAWN WE MAY
SEE THOSE GUYS GO EVEN HIGHER
AS THAT FRONT MOVES IN FROM
THE NORTH.
THE SMOKE HAS BEEN A BIG
PLAYER.
AIR QUALITY REMAINS VERY POOR
WITH AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN
EFFECT THAT SMOKE PLUME
TOMORROW WILL STRETCH FROM FORT
COLLINS OVER THE NORTH METRO
AREA ALL THE WAY INTO SYDNEY,
NEBRASKA.
SO WE'VE GOT A COLD FRONT
COMING TOMORROW.
THE FIRST OF TWO STORMS IT'S
GOING WINDY TOMORROW BUT IT
WILL BE COOLER WITH SOME
MOISTURE COMING