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Wildfires Near Denver Prompt Large Evacuations and Damage
About 8,500 residents were ordered to leave near Franktown as a wildfire burned 2.5 square miles and Crews contained 70 percent by evening. A second blaze near Golden covered over 2.6 square miles with 80 percent containment as authorities lifted many orders. A Red Cross center cared for evacuees and horses. Gov. Hickenlooper declared emergency.
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Denver
Franktown
Red Cross
Douglas County Fairgrounds
U.S. 6
Blackhawk
Central City
Colorado
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Rocky Mountains
Rowdy Muir
Nolan Doesken