Authorities issued evacuation notices Saturday to more than 8,000 homes near a 122-acre wildfire currently burning on open space near the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) facility in Boulder.
Most evacuations have been lifted in the 200-acre NCAR Fire burning near the National Center for Atmospheric Research facility in Boulder as crews report a 21% containment level, according to an update provided by fire officials Sunday morning.
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as a wildfire in south Boulder grew to 123 acres Saturday, according to Boulder County s Office of Emergency Management.