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Officials say at least 580 homes have already been destroyed. along with a shopping center, and a hotel. -- this began when power lines toppled outside the town of boulder. around 11 am local time this morning starting a grass fire. the boulder county sheriff said the fire began consuming football sized areas, quote in seconds. scientists told nbc news quote, it's generally hard to believe this is happening in late december, in boulder. the areas densely populated with subdivisions, and stores, but so far just one injury has been reported. and as you saw neural brett's report, just how densely...

The next thing is look for other threats. right now they are probably evaluating that car from an eod perspective to make sure there's no device, secondary devices that might be there to kill police and first responders. that's a common tactic that's used by bad guys in the united states and around the world. we haven't seen it in the recent shootings but it's something that law enforcement has as a primary concern. >> that's what we're looking at now. those are live pictures. chief gainer, as we try to understand what happened here and as i say this is almost six months to the day after the s...

Here he comes right behind us start shooting. he kept on shooting and shooting. i did see a little glimpse of the guy and i saw he had a service rifle that's in military. all i heard was the gunshots. >> obviously, it's hard know. they are going to these places that only they knew about and getting through the incineratin. the shooter knows about the places or is following. does this tell you anything about the gunman and whether this was random or targeted? >> it's hard to tell now. there's a lot of information that still has to be gathered. you already talked to a couple of powerful witness,...

If your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. next at six, 47 felony charges against a local travel booker. a final note before we go tonight. an image that said so much today. two mass shootings in less than a week and at the white house, the president ordering the flag back at half staff for the ten victims in boulder. it had just gone back up after the shootings in atlanta, where eight people were killed. a nation mourning again. i'll see you tomorrow. good night no mystery about about abou

And the resulting trauma. and to state -- i even hate to say it, because we're saying it so often, my heart goes out. >> reporter: the president paying tribute to officer talley. >> every time an officer walks out of his or her home and pins that badge on, the family member that they just said good-bye to wonders whether they'll -- subconsciously -- will they get that call, the call that his wife got. >> reporter: tonight, officer talley's patrol car draped in flowers, a memorial to his sacrifice. >> that image of the patrol car so moving tonight. let's get right to matt gutman from boulder, a...