【新唐人2009年1月9日訊】美國消防部門星期三表示，科羅拉多州博爾德市以外的3處野火受大風的影響，已摧毀至少兩座建筑，襲擊了一條主要公路，並迫使 11000戶人家疏散。

當局說，其中一處大火是在強風襲擊了博爾德市郊區一處電力變壓器之後在乾燥的草叢裡引發的。其他幾處火災的原因還不明。 消防人員估計，最大的一處火災將超過100英畝，但大火飛來的火星點著的火已被消防員很快扑滅。

然而，目前持續風速為每小時35至50英里，陣風風速則高達每小時80英里，阻礙了救火工作的進行。

AMERICA-JAN08-4153-USA-COLORADO WILDFIRES

AMERICA: STORY 4153

4153-USA-COLORADO WILDFIRES

BOULDER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES; NEAR BOULDER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES

JANUARY 08, 2009 JANUARY 07, 2009

NATURAL

DURATION:00:26

SOURCE:NBC

INTRO:

HEADLINE: Wildfires blaze outside Boulder, Colorado.

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High winds and dry grass feed wildfires around Boulder, Colorado.

SHOWS: BOULDER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 8, 2009) (NBC – NO ACCESS

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1. AERIALS OF WILDFIRES

NEAR BOULDER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 7, 2009) (NBC – NO ACCESS

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2. NIGHT GROUND SHOTS OF FIRES

STORY: Three windblown wildfires have destroyed at least two structures,

jumped a major road and forced the evacuation of 11,000 homes outside Boulder,

Colorado, fire authorities said on Wednesday (January 7).

One of the blazes started in dry grass after high winds downed a power

transformer on the outskirts of Boulder, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of

Denver, authorities said.

The cause of the other fires is unknown.

Firefighters estimate the largest fire to be over 100 acres (40

hectares), but embers from the blazes have started spot fires that have been

extinguished quickly by fire crews as they try to protect two threatened

subdivisions.

Sustained winds of 35 to 50 miles per hour (56-80 kph), with gusts up

to 80 mph (129 kph), have hampered firefighting efforts.