BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — The Marshall Fire burning south of Boulder is now the most destructive fire in Colorado history. Strong winds knocked down power lines in Boulder Thursday afternoon, sparking the fire and causing them to spread rapidly.

The Marshall Fire was reported just after 11 a.m. Thursday and spread quickly throughout the day, reaching around 1,600 acres by the evening and destroying hundreds of homes.

Members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department, as well as the Fort Carson, Cimmaron Hills Fire, and several other local fire departments, are in Boulder County helping fight the fire.

Local community members are coming out and helping do their part. Owners of Santiago’s Mexican Restaurant, Eric and Martina Casados, donated breakfast to the Red Cross at the YMCA in Northern Colorado for volunteers and victims of the fires.

No fatalities have been reported, and the sheriff’s had received no missing persons reports as of Friday morning.

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