Toll rises in Colorado wildfire

Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo.

Authorities say at least 136 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in canyons and foothills west of Boulder.

A list released Wednesday by the Boulder County sheriff’s office includes four other structures and at least 12 homes damaged by the 6,168-acre fire.

The reported losses surpass those of the 2002 Hayman fire in southern Colorado that was the most destructive in the state’s history. It destroyed 133 homes and 466 outbuildings over 138,000 acres.

About 3,500 people have been evacuated from about 1,000 homes threatened by the fire that broke out in a parched area north of Boulder on Monday.

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