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From birdsite: Report of a structure #fire in #Boulder #Sunshine Canyon, 2900 Sunshine Canyon Rd., that has spread to between 1/4 and 1/2 acre in size and jumped a fire line during a 25-40mph wind event. Smoke is visible and smell-able in the city and some evaucations are underway with emergency calls going out to affected hill residents. Evacuation map is linked and clipped here for viewing.

#BoulderFire #COwx

PurpleAir reads AQI of 140 and rising west of the fire area.

https://www.boulderoem.com/wildfire-in-sunshine-canyon/

https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars/status/1604945796461301761

Photos of the #BoulderCanyon #SunshineCanyon #Boulderfire
#COwx from @bdla0501 @nate_boulder @lindz_oso on twitter

From @[email protected]

Per scanner, crews on Bristlecone Way said they are being "overrun" by the #SunshineWildlandFire and are evacuating the area

#BoulderFire #COwx #DailyCamera

https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars/status/1604956108770004992

Mitchell Byars on Twitter

“Per scanner, crews on Bristlecone Way said they are being "overrun" by the #SunshineWildlandFire and are evacuating the area”

Twitter

Two more updates from @[email protected]

Per scanner, #SunshineWildlandFire moving up through a home on Bristlecone Way. They are asking for more resources to try and protect other homes on Bristlecone and Hawk (map shown just to illustrate the general area described, not a spot location on the fire itself)

Evacuated residents can take their large animals to #Boulder County Fairgrounds

https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars/status/1604958857331036162

#SunshineWildlandFire #BoulderFire #COwx

Mitchell Byars on Twitter

“Per scanner, #SunshineWildlandFire moving up through a home on Bristlecone Way. They are asking for more resources to try and protect other homes on Bristlecone and Hawk”

Twitter

Smoke levels continue to rise in north #Boulder, where the smoke from the #SunshineWildlandFire is blowing eastward amid a wind event. AQI of >180 now being reported in the Kalmia and Lakeside neighborhoods, a few miles east of the fire itself. #BoulderFire #COwx

Notifications now going out over Everbridge Nixle warning neighbors adjacent to Sunshine Canyon to begin preparing for a possible evacuation from the #SunshineWildlandFire in #Boulder

#BoulderFire #COwx

Another update from @[email protected]

No mandatory evacuations in #Boulder at this time, but areas west of Ninth between Linden and University are on evac warning (yellow), and should be prepared to evacuate due to #SunshineWildlandFire https://bit.ly/3V6ViQx

#BoulderFire #COwx

https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars/status/1604963101639471104

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More quick updates on #SunshineWildlandFire:

Fire is now at least 18 acres in size.

Fire crews requested support from a single engine air tanker (SEAT) aircraft and were denied, due to winds.

"on the scanner they have created a Sanitas and Sunshine command for crews to differentiate between the structure and wildfire responses" - @[email protected]

#DailyCamera coverage is paywall-free:
https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/12/19/evacuations-in-boulder-county-due-to-sunshine-canyon-fire/

#BoulderFire #COwx

Foothills fire forces hundreds to evacuate; containment at 25%

A wildfire that started as a structure fire in Sunshine Canyon has forced evacuations in the Boulder County foothills.

Boulder Daily Camera

Another update on #SunshineWildlandFire

Original structure where the fire originated appears to be contained and smoldering.

Wildland fire is still uncontained and growing in size.

Evacuation area will be at East Boulder Community Center, 5660 Sioux Dr., and will open at 5:30pm

Sunshine Canyon Dr. is closed at Green Rock Dr. for westbound traffic other than emergency vehicles.

The wind is picking up speed and smoke levels are down to the mid-160s PM2.5 AQI in town.

#BoulderFire #COwx

Unless there are major changes, this will be my last #SunshineWildlandFire update of the night #BoulderFire

Crews are on scene actively fighting the wildland fire

The original structure fire that triggered the wildland fire appears to be extinguished but still smoldering.

The ZoneHaven map has been reliably updated all day: https://aware.zonehaven.com/hazards/6f87a236-a994-47c4-8b63-c1e9754cc63c?z=14&latlon=40.02060014457928%2C-105.29609888792038

City of Boulder has lifted the evacuation warning for neighborhoods east of Sunshine Canyon, but there are roadblocks in place at a few of the westbound routes into the fire zone, including on Linden and Mapleton. Smoke readings are reduced in the urban neighborhoods west of the fire but still high right up near the canyon.

Chanukah on Pearl has been MOVED from the Pearl Street Mall to the Boulder JCC (6007 Oreg Ave. Boulder, CO 80303). From 5:30 - 7:30 pm TONIGHT (December 19). https://boulderjcc.org

Wind has been consistently 20mph with gusts to 40mph all day. Relative humidity is extremely low, even for a normal Boulder winter. #COwx https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/weather.cgi?site=fl&period=5-minute&fields=tdry&fields=rh&fields=cpres0&fields=wspd&fields=wdir&fields=raina&units=english

"Per #Boulder County, they estimate 937 people were in the mandatory evacuation area, which included 389 structures (346 of them homes) #SunshineWildlandFire" - @[email protected]

Mitchell Byars of the Daily Camera is a boss-level newsgatherer and you should encourage him to make the move here, away from the Bad Place. https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars

Stay safe, everyone! Wear your mask.

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Kirsten Millar Dec 20, 2022

@spike is this supposed to read “East” instead of west?
“City of Boulder has lifted the evacuation warning for neighborhoods west of Sunshine Canyon, “

@KirstenAnne Yes, thank you, corrected in original post

A Gunn Dec 19, 2022

@spike
I am not clicking Like on this but thanks for the update. Stay safe out there

@agunn I'm in no immediate danger. Thank you. Please boost though.

Paul Dec 19, 2022

@spike been wild to see the smoke bill into the yard, float back south, then come back in.

Thanks for posting - do you have a good link to what you are seeing?

@bricin Following Mitchell Byars, Daily Camera's breaking news reporter, on Twitter, and Boulder OEM. The Zonehaven warning map is here: https://bit.ly/3V6ViQx

https://twitter.com/mitchellbyars

https://www.boulderoem.com/wildfire-in-sunshine-canyon/

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smells of bikes Dec 19, 2022

@spike my internal aqi meter is going up rapidly. Maybe time to bail on work.

@smellsofbikes wear a mask! 😷