The fire that burned in Grand County broke out Wednesday night, racing through Grand Lake and evacuating hundreds of people in and around the city
Reports of gusts of up to 60 mph pushed the flames eastward toward Colorado 34
Some evacuees escaped the blaze by crossing Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved road in the US, at night through a blanket of smoke
Fire dispatch radio chatter on Wednesday night confirmed houses were burning Firefighters were going from house to house trying to save what they could
Earlier Wednesday at a briefing Jay Winfield, commander of operations for Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 6, said the blaze had been very active, growing from around 19,000 acres in the morning to well over of 30,000 acres by 6 pm He said the fire was overflowing the bulldozer-made containment lines
« The fire is growing faster than we can catch it now, » Winfield said at the briefing
The East Troublesome blaze sent smoke across the front range all day Wednesday The National Weather Service said the plume of smoke from the blaze stood over 40,000 feet high as ‘it was burning all night
Fire officials have said they will not update total area or fire perimeter until they can fly over the burn area on Thursday morning
@ 9NEWS @KyleClark @CPRNews @SkyHiNews smoke in Grand Lake just before evacuation orders go off tonight photoTwittercom / i9vYuvsh0g
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