Colorado Fire Destroys 27 Homes
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper took to the air to get his first look at a mssive fire still burning in Colorado.
"Our hearts go out to the people," said Gov. John Hickenlooper.
But the governor was also doing his own damage control after officials said that the fire may have started as a planned burn.
Twenty-seven homes have been destroyed, two people are dead, and one is missing in the wildfire.
Hickenlooper met with evacuees at the West Jefferson Middle School.
"People were upset. His happened. Shouldn't it have been avoided? You know, what are you going to do about it? That kind of stuff," said Hickenlooper.
Residents are angry.
"Telling me I'm sorry doesn't make a difference right now," said Glenn Davis, a resident.
A reverse 9-1-1 call went out to residents telling them to leave, but 12 percent were not notified.
"What we know is that there was a glitch with the system. We don't know how significant that glitch is," said Jacki Kelley, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Some residents are being allowed home for the first time since Monday, with a warning.
"They need to be ready to leave again if fire behavior changes," said Kelley.
Winds have been light and firefighters are making progress. But the weather is expected to turn bad Saturday.
"We need to get ahead of this fire today and tomorrow in anticipation of the heat and wind. We're expected to build in the balance this week," said Dan Hatlestad, Jefferson County Incident Management Team.
Search and rescue teams are still looking for the woman missing since Monday. They covered nearly 140 acres Wednesday and are expanding the search Thursday.
