There were no immediate reports of injuries or reports of missing construction, state officials said at a news conference on Sunday. Mike Smith of the Boulder Incident Management Team said he was “very happy” with the NCAR firefighting efforts that began Saturday afternoon. “We had more than 200 firefighters from more than 30 services,” Smith told reporters Sunday. “This, combined with all the fuel reduction treatments we have done in this area, is one of the reasons we have been so successful.” Smith said containment efforts had gone well due to lower temperatures and calmer winds than originally anticipated, stressing the successful containment at the eastern and southern extremities of the fire. The causes of the fire are being investigated by the sheriff’s office. “Today was a good day. We had a difficult day yesterday,” Smith said. A day earlier, the NCAR fire was not contained at all. Officials have ordered the evacuation of thousands of Boulder residents. “The evacuation areas include 19,000 people and 8,000 homes,” the Boulder Office of Emergency Management tweeted Saturday night. which areas are now “all clean”. Smith said officials will continue to monitor evacuation zones and expand them if necessary. Officials are not expected to give another press conference on Sunday, although updates on the evacuation order may be posted on the OEM website on Sunday afternoon.
