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Dome Fire evacuees: Now you can go home: #boulderfire

Oct 30th

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City to lift evacuation order at 10 a.m. today

All mandatory evacuations of city neighborhoods in west Boulder will be lifted at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30. All residents and business owners west of 7th Street from Canyon Boulevard on the south to North Street on the north are welcome to return to their properties starting at that time.

Fire crews are still battling active fire west of the city. City residents in west Boulder neighborhoods can anticipate fire equipment in the area throughout the day. Residents may notice firefighting teams from other jurisdictions assisting with this effort.

Open Space and Mountain Parks trails in the evacuation zone will remain closed, and firefighters are asking for the public’s cooperation in staying off the trails and out of the area for recreational purposes.

The Dome wildfire originated near Dome Rock on City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks property on Friday, Oct. 29.
“On behalf of the city and emergency responders, we would like to thank the community for its cooperation and continued versatility during this event,” said City Manager Jane S. Brautigam. “We appreciate the diligent and exhaustive efforts of all of the responding firefighters.”

The North Boulder Recreation Center, 3170 Broadway, has resumed normal operations and class schedule today.  Adult classes were cancelled on Friday due to health concerns related to the smoke.

The city encourages residents to remain alert and monitor local news and Emergency Operations Center updates for any changing information. For the most up-to-date information from emergency officials, visit http://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status.

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#Bouldercounty OEM says Evacs in place for the night #boulderfire

Oct 30th

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Boulder County office of OEM spokesperson Sarah Huntley tells Boulder Channel 1 news that Air tankers will stop droping retardant  and water at dark and will resume at dawn if they are needed.  ‘She also said, that they  decided to keep all evacuations in effect until the morning “when we can make some decisions about letting people back in..

Though there are mandatory evacuations some residents have chosen to stay in their homes Huntly said and ” we don’t have the resources nor desire to go door to door and start pulling people from their homes.”

Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m. #boulderfire, twitter bullys , Evacuations Can we go home yet

Oct 29th

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Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m.

The Pottery Lab will close at 5 p.m. on Friday can we go home yet?, Oct. 29, as a result of the Dome Fire burning west of Boulder:

Residents are encouraged to continue monitoring the Boulder County Emergency Management website at http://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status for further information and evacuation updates.

Evacuations  are still in effect, but a huge number of air water attacks before dark will help to ensure that the fire remains on the ground and close to extinction. There is some discussion right now as to whether resident will be allowed back in to their homes in some evac area. according to Sarah Huntley OEM media  the lifting evacuations were being discussed regularly, but no decision had been made to do so as of yet.  1700 people have been evacuated in the city with over 800 units including the Senior center on Walnut. Evacuation are goes from Canyon to North Street and 7th west.

The fire has not been a catastrophic threat since early this afternoon as reported by Boulder Channel 1. With the winds calm and rigorous fire fighting efforts, the worst had passed by 1:00.

According to Sarah Huntley at OEM “ This fire is not nearly as dangerous as the Fourmile Fire where the wind were a factor. ” Our hope is the fire will settle down this evening” she said. It has not spread beyond it’s 139 acres for several hours….and we see that as a good sign.  Over 29 agencies and 165 firemen are on the scene. she said. We do not need federal help for this fires Huntley said.

Huntley did say the fire has not crossed Sunshine, is not on Mt Sanitas and remains South of  Sun Shine Canyon though there was a lot of smoke up on Sanitas.

Social Media in Boulder went nuts today with much gossip going on by local techies where they descended into cyber bullying. This will be the topic of a special Jann Scott Live on Boulder Channel 1 at 8:00 pm tonight. The bullying started out with young marketing women and then spread to their male counterparts. Twitter is primarily a womens social media tool has become a form of watching soap operas gone ary.

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