'Miraculous': No casualties reported in devastating Colorado wildfires
ABC News
Hundreds of homes were destroyed in Superior, Colorado.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle called the lack of casualties or fatalities "pretty miraculous" following the Colorado wildfires that quickly destroyed hundreds of homes on Thursday.
"We were fortunate that the winds dissipated last night," Pelle said in a press conference on Friday. "It's still too dangerous to return. We saw active fires in many places this morning. We saw downed power lines; we saw a lot of risks that we're still trying to mitigate."
Hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands were forced to evacuate in Boulder County on Thursday when wind-fueled grass fires exploded into infernos. The more dangerous of the two, the Marshall Fire, "ballooned" to approximately 1,600 acres, Pelle said in a Thursday briefing.
The cause of the fires is still being investigated. According to the Boulder County Office of Emergency Management, Xcel Energy Colorado found no downed wires in the ignition area despite initial reports.