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KDVR Fox 31 Denver News 9P August 18, 2016

Flames were just ripping across. Behind me. Getting a few feet from many homes. 90 people were told to evacuate. Does opbs of residents watched in horror. Today. As flames quickly spread 80 acres. 130u a. M. I got a call. I came up here. And the gal was says i have to get out of here. This man kept a friends home. One that was surrounded in smoke. By late afternoon. I thought they were in the clear. I could see no flames. Came back. Its devastating right now. Doused the area with fire retar retardant. Its just so dry. This is the second fire this summer. Thats ripped through the area. We had a fire just the other side of us. You can see the burn marks over there. This is twice this summer that we have had fire in the area. It does get nerve racking. She was one of the lucky ones who didnt have to leave. But she still took precaution. The largest of the wild fire. Crews say its going to be october before that one is fully contained. Very rough and wicked wild ride spreading in southern california. This fire called the blue cut fire. Forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. Coming up. Well have a report from the fire line. Problem solvers trying to get an who says shes received collections notices. From five different parking citations. Problem is. She didnt park her car there. An autorepair shop was supposed to be working opbg her car. When the ticket was issued in the paid parking lot next door to the place. She thinks they just left it there. Racking up parking tickets without ever telling her. Out that company is now disappeared. Autounion fixed her car. Last year. But she kept noticing additional problems. Got it back. Same thing. Didnt work. And i was mad. They said to put a brand new pump in. Everything was brand new. So i didnt see any reason for the them not to fix it again. She drop her car off. At the new location fpls along 38. Then autounion seemingly disappeared. I just it im going to get my car. And just eat the cost. She found her car abandoned. Down a residential block. She had her spare keys. She drove off. She thought it was over. Thats until this came in the mail. Two weeks ago. A collections notice. Close to 3 hundred dollars. For five unpaid parking tickets. That her vehicle received while autounion had her car. Last year. But they could have told me. My big concern im in collections. I have never paid a bill late in my life. I have good credit. She asked us for help. We found out the most recent garage is now for rent. Autounion had a c minus rite rating with the bb. Out of compliance for more than a year. And the owners cell phone number is no longer accepting calls. I didnt know where to turn. I didnt know what to do anymore. The parking lot was kind enough to look into the situation. We learned about the story through a tip. To the problem solvers. If you need our help. Or know someone who does. Email problem solvers at kdvr. Com. I think its much harder to take a internal look at what needs to happen. And what can we do. To make this better. Even if its going to be a little painful. After the initial review the doj will release a public report. With its findings and repblgss. Then it will work with the Police Department over 18 months to help implement the changes. At tenth and federal. It started with an under cover officer spotted a stolen car. Another officer blocked the car in the parking lot. And 3 juveniles jumped out. The driver had a gun and started running. The officer shot him in the leg. Problems started around 4 45 a. M. The train was experiencing 30 minute delays in both directions. The problem was fixed about 7 hours later. Shortly before noon. But delays remain as operators got the schedule back on track. Centennial easier to get on board light rail now. Partnering with lift. To give free rides to and from the dry creek station. Go seb seb. It home and take them to the station. As well as drop them back off. Monday through friday. 5 30 a. M. To 7 p. M. The program will last 6 months and if successful will keep ongoing. Planning process you should way for a to redevelop the great hall at dia. City counsel voted today to aprao u a nine Million Dollar contract. Or planning the project for the next 6 months. Project will move Security Check points out of the great hall. Travelers. Magic johnson was at the meeting. Heudz company is one of the partners. He says he will be involved in marketing for the project. Remodel at dia and inspirational leader for inner city schools in denver. Completion of the project is likely more than ten years away. If magic has something to do with it. It will probably be a success. When it comes to business everything he touches turns to gold. David was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. There is not a day that i dont think about david. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there, she had nothing to say. If donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. Our own olympic champion swimmer Missy Franklin also back home today. She got an olympic size welcome from her fans too. We have the heartwarming story. This quiet street in centennial. We thought maybe it was valentines day or something. Or somebody got engaged. Is bursting with love. We welcomed her back. Five time gold me medalist. Missy franklin. Its kids and parents and everyone who has been inspired by her. The whole thing was a surprise for the franklin. Who just got off the plane this morning. Its better than toilet paper. She wants to read all of them. Each with a custom message. She was disapoeupted. But her fans werent. If you just walk across the street. You can see this is where it all started. Just knowing that she came from the same neighborhood that im in. She started the same way i did. Its eup inspiring. A hometown olympian. Inspiring a new generation. To follow your dreams. I got to hold her medal. The amount of hard work and crazy. This is the lesson we want our kids to understand. You dont win every day. You take responsibility. Suck it up and go back at it. Another day. She already went back to the gym. To train today. Thats why her dad talked instead. She hasnt thought about the 2020 games in tokyo yet. First she has her sites set on the World Championships next summer. Big picture showing that really. Very quiet. North southeast and west. Green you see on the west side of of town. Ground clutter on the radar. Thin clouds on the west side of town. Everything beginning to now fade out. We zoom out to the bigger picture. Interesting as far as the way things are moving out there. You can see a north to south flow. The showers are fading out. On the east side of town. Everything is coming in the reverse direction. From south to north. Were seeing a couple shower on the eastern plains. Moisture out there. Riding just to the north. Of 36. But those are tkweubd lg too. And should be gone within an hour or so. We zoom things out. Statewide. Quiet in the mountains. Thunder storms over the san outside of a few passing clouds, which will fade out by morning. Everything is looking good. Clearing skies through the rest of the over night period. Temperatures down to about 58 degrees. Weu by morning. Well wake up a 7 a. M. To a sunny start. The morning commute is looking good. Make sure you have the sunglasses fpt tomorrow afternoon sure does look like it will be another toasty one. Highs today made it to 90 degrees. 87 the average. Feels good in broom field 81. Thornton 73. Aurora youre matching that. With low mid 70s. On the west side of town. In the foothills backing down to the upper 50s. And low 60s. Much of the same across the eastern plains. 60s 70s. 68 greeley. 66 limon. Colorado springs at 68. Get a little chilly in a couple of the spots in the mountains. Dillen at 49. Aspen 58. 60s 70s across the western slope. All right. Jump into future cast. We pick it up 7 a. M. Theres the sunshine. Down to a very similar fashion as today. Afternoon showers expected to develop. Across the mountains. This time around they may again to push down into the metro. And into the eastern plains. Once we get into the afternoon and evening. 58 over night tonight. Storms will end in the eastern plains. Clearing skies from here. Nice night. Beautiful sunrise tomorrow morning. We start off in the low 50s fpls well say a degree shy of this afternoon. For the day tomorrow. 9. Mix of clouds and sunshine. Maybe throw in a stray afternoon shower. Or thunder storm. Fort collins 86 for your high tomorrow. Models have been really indifferent about this. If we get one of the two have more cloud cover. And more rainfall. We could see highs trapped into the 60s. Right now well keep sunshine. At lease enough of it. To push 70s. Something well watch out for. Over the next day or two. Universal healthcare in colorado. Headed to the ballot in november. And now have some surprising opponents. Red cross is sending a thousand in the state have already signed up for assistance. A florida man is shocked Police Arrested him for shooting and killing a 4 hundred pound gator. On his own property. He says the gator was threatening his horses and livestock. When his son tried to scare it away the gator attacked him and nearly killed him. Under florida law you must have a permit to kill a gator. The man says his lawyer will argue that protecting his animals should trump the state poach lg law. A trip to the dentist for is easier with sedation. No tkeufpbt for a bear. Vets in rhode island needed to pull a bears tooth. After zoo keepers noticed she wasnt eating. A team of vets sp specialists were on hand to make sure she didnt wake up and was doing okay. 16 yearold black bear. Zoo Officials Say the surgery to raouf the tooth was successful. Thanks for staying with us. This is called the blue cut fire. Burning red hot tonight. Brings us the new developments. Good evening. The good news o fire. Is that the acreage burn has been decreased to about 25 thousand. And the reason for that decrease im told was due to a mapping glitch. Over 15 hundred firefighters are fighting this fire. Which is now 4 percent

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