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Fourmile Fire watch: Fire is 100 percent contained, investigation continuesCommunity shares loss, pulls together during Fourmile Canyon blazeBoulder restaurants offering free food and drink for evacuees, firefightersTickets for Fourmile Fire benefit concert sell outSurvival stinksGold Hill Elementary needs help to survive fireSmoke signals, via TwitterPsychiatrist: Victims need to stay active, keep talkingWhere there is smokeThe Fourmile fire
Wednesday, September 22,2010
Tickets for Fourmile Fire benefit concert sell out
The four members of jam band legends Phish, plus some prominent Boulder area bands, will play a benefit for the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund on Saturday, Oct. 9 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield.
Thursday, September 16,2010
Rogue firefighters sneak to save homes
Police make one arrest, issue three DUIs at checkpoint
So when Koehn heard the property was on the edge of the Fourmile fire, he knew he couldnt stand around idly and let his beloved ranch burn down. Police had already closed down most of the roads into the ranch, but for Koehn, that just meant he had to get creative.
Thursday, September 16,2010
Smoke signals, via Twitter
As the flames raced through northwest Boulder on Labor Day morning, concerned residents naturally jumped on their computers in search of news on the fire. But those who scoured through news sites found very little in the way of live coverage and updates.
Thursday, September 16,2010
Gold Hill Elementary needs help to survive fire
Although the historic two-room schoolhouse did not suffer visible fire damage, its program continuance is at risk due to its traditional local financial support.
Thursday, September 16,2010
A glimpse into firefighter camp
ore than 915 firefighters from around the nation joined the fire fight in Fourmile Canyon last week, with a good handful of them volunteer firefighters. In the first few days of the fire, volunteers from 35 regional fire districts jumped in, trying to save homes and contain the fire.
Thursday, September 16,2010
County opens distribution center
Relief for the victims of the Fourmile Canyon fire and aid for the firefighters has poured in since smoke first started billowing from the hills, and it has taken many forms, from shelter for humans and pets to donations of food, water and supplies.
Thursday, September 16,2010
Psychiatrist: Victims need to stay active, keep talking
Emily Bucy, a psychiatrist at Boulder Community Hospital, told Boulder Weekly the classic model of the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) created by Elisabeth Kbler-Ross can be applied to a disaster like the loss of a home in a wildfire, but with some differences.
Thursday, September 16,2010
Survival stinks
Even the lucky ones still face the prospect of smoke damage
Families all around them have run through their mental lists of all they lost in the Fourmile Canyon fire: the family photos, the irretrievable data on melted computers, the teddy bear that lulled a child to sleep every night, the house where so many of those family memories were made, and so much more.
Thursday, September 16,2010
The Fourmile fire
Cmdr. Phil West of the Boulder County Sheriff s Office told Boulder Weekly that there are still a number of interviews left for his office to complete before it is ready to make its final recommendation on whether charges should be filed.
Tuesday, September 14,2010
Fourmile Fire watch: Fire is 100 percent contained, investigation continues
Boulder County officials have announced the the Fourmile Canyon fire is 100 percent contained. There are still some dangers in the burn area but most if not all residentsshould be allowed to return to their homes by Wednesday.
