(Los Angeles) Thousands of Americans in the state of Colorado were ordered Thursday to evacuate their homes, threatened by fires fueled by high winds.
These evacuations concerned in particular Louisville, a municipality of 20,000 residents.
“If you are in the area, act quickly,” warned emergency services in Boulder County, a city about 50 kilometers from Denver, the capital of Colorado.
“Strong winds quickly spread the flames and all the planes are grounded,” tweeted Jared Polis, the governor of this mountainous state in the western United States where the Rockies meet the Great Plains.
Leave Louisville or your life is in danger, insisted the US national weather forecast, reporting that a gust had approached 170 km / h.
Another city targeted by a full evacuation order, Superior, 13,000 inhabitants, was covered Thursday with a cloud of dark smoke, according to images posted on social networks.