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I'm going to turn it over to governor polis now. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff pelly. just moments ago we did afternoon aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to the natural. we were able to to it in the brief bip before the snow and how grateful we had the snow has started. some areas we were locking at the neighborhood level devastation. the sheriff indicated that pause of the nature of the fire spread by gusts of up to 105 miles per hour, it would spread otherary house, very unusual burn pattern and the other unusual fact zor

I'm going to turn it over to the governor. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff. moments ago we did an aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to colorado national guard of the areas impacted. we were able to do it in the brief window before the snow and how grateful we are that the snow has started. there were still some areas with active flames, mostly looking at the neighborhood level devastation. as the sheriff indicated, there's neighborhoods where because of the nature of the fire spread by gusts of up to 105 miles per hour it would spread to a house here or there, over other houses, past other...

To turn— centre. do not call 911. i'm going to turn it — centre. do not call 911. i'm going to turn it over to the governor. thank— to turn it over to the governor. thank you. _ to turn it over to the governor. thank you, sheriff. a few moments ago we did an aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to the colorado national guard, of the areas impacted. we were able to do it in the brief window before the snow and how grateful we are that the snow has started. though there are some areas with active flames, mostly we were looking at the neighbourhood level devastation. as the sheriff indicate...

1600 acres have been damaged and so far, no fertility is have been reported. although we heard an official saying that the intensity official saying that the intensity of the fire and its presence in such a heavily populated area, and urban fire is how it's been described, he said we wouldn't be surprised if there are injuries and fatalities. it's been driven primarily by the wind, up to 500 homes destroyed. people have been evacuated. water supplies have been compromised, power lines are down as well. it was a very unusual burn pattern too, this fire, leaving people with just minutes notice t...

Trainer and she saw smoke and we ran outside and thankfully our advantage point, we could see approximately where it had started. we live kind of on the top of a ridge, a mesa in lewisville. the smoke was pretty incredible. it was moving fast. the winds were quite strong at that point. so, we knew that it wasn't good. yeah, we've heard the sheriff say it was a really unusual burn pattern. have you ever seen anything like this? have you ever experienced past wildfires? i haven't specifically. i have grown up in the area my entire life, so i'm very familiar with the topography around there. from...