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Updating: A pre-evacuation warning has been issued to the following areas: west of Hwy. 93, north of Eldorado Canyon State Park, east side of Walker Ranch Open Space and south of Greenbriar Boulevard.
A fast moving wildfire, located near the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, has prompted an evacuation order for 1,200 homes in the area, according to a Boulder Police Department (BPD) announcement.
A map of the mandatory evacuation area can be found below:
About 1200 contacts in this shaded area are ordered to evacuate NOW #boulder #bouldercolorado pic.twitter.com/u17noMtDPt
— Boulderpolice (@boulderpolice) March 26, 2022
The fire, dubbed the NCAR Fire, sparked around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and was initially referred to as a “minor fire” by officials.
Wireless emergency alerts were sent to all cell phones within a 1/4 mile radius of NCAR at 3 p.m.
At 3:22 p.m., the department announced that crews are actively evacuating hikers from the open area.
†If you are hiking or recreation near NCAR, EVACUATE NOW! @boulderosmp are in the area to evacuate hikers and any people they find,” BPD said in a tweet.
This is called the #NCARFire The @bouldercolorado EOC is activated. Wireless emergency alerts have been sent to ALL cell phones within a 1/4 mile radius of NCAR. Message is to evacuate area due to fast-moving wildfire #boulder pic.twitter.com/oP9XYBHuXP
— Boulderpolice (@boulderpolice) March 26, 2022
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