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5:50 p.m.: The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said firefighters are making "good progress" on containing a wildfire that broke out near the 4000 block of Sugarloaf Road.
Firefighters are making good progress on containing the fire! #SugarloafFire
— BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) August 14, 2018
5:19 p.m.: A wildfire near the 4000 block of Sugarloaf Road in Boulder County has prompted a reverse notification to 198 contacts to evacuate. The evacuation area is along lost Angel and down to Dream Canyon.
1:55 p.m.: Updates from the natural gas explosion are being made here.
1:30 p.m.: N. Santa Fe Drive is closed in both directions at 1st and 3rd Avenues for an "incident," Denver police said. Witnesses at the scene said there was an explosion at a building nearby and that apartments may have been damaged.
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12:44 p.m.: A brush fire has closed I-70 in both directions at both Exit 44 (Palisade) and Exit 62 (De Beque), according to Colorado State Patrol. There is currently no estimated time of reopening.
