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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.

Residents Evacuated Due to Powerful Wildfire in Boulder, CO

The NCAR fire in south Boulder had grown to around 200 acres and was 21% contained, fire officials said Sunday morning.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as a wildfire in south Boulder grew to 123 acres Saturday, according to Boulder Countys Office of Emergency Management.

The fire is in an area where a blaze destroyed 1,000 homes last year in unincorporated Boulder County and suburban Superior and Louisville.

Evacuation orders cover 8,000 homes

Authorities ordered 19,000 people from their homes on Saturday due to a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that levelled more than 1,000 homes.

Authorities issue evacuation orders

Authorities issued an evacuation order Saturday for residents near a wildfire currently burning on open space near the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder.

One year ago, 10 people lost their lives for going about their day in the wrong place and time. We mourned and moved on, but did we heal?