Two wildfires that started burning on Friday caused around 1,700 evacuations in Boulder as well as the foothills surrounding it where dozens of houses were burned last month. As the blaze went on officials called for many more evacuations, including some community centers. Hundreds of firefighters were working around the clock to fight off the blaze, 2 planes made more than 20 drops of water and slurry on the burning land. Luckily, the winds are not as strong as the fires about a month ago so it leaves people feeling hopeful. Officials are thinking that the first fire was human caused and the second was a result of flying embers from the first one. So far nobody has been hurt in the fires but people living there are getting frustrated with all of the evacuations that have been happening lately.
It is really sad that people don't take more safety precautions when they are living up in the mountains where everyone knows forest fires are common and easily started. Perhaps there need to be more fire restrictions set in place around these areas, especially around the dryest times of the year. It is good that they are able to have an abundance of firefighters to work around the clock and get things accomplished to try and stop the blazes before things begin to spread uncontrolably. Too bad there aren't more planes available to drop water and slurry on fires such as this, i feel that would make a difference in the amount of time and energy to stop the fires. I feel bad for the people in the last months fire that lost lives, homes, and all of their belongings all at the same time in such short notice. However, i feel the people living up in the mountains take that risk when they move there. Everyone is aware of the danger of forest fires. I would especially strongly consider moving away if the fires continued to reoccur.
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