Four Mile Canyon Fire Scanner Updates

Due to phone line issues, reverse 911 calls are not getting to all affected residents.

4:48 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2010: Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Whispering Pines in addition to previous neighborhoods.

5:05 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2010: The emergency alert notification system is not working properly. Residents in the evacuation area should NOT wait for alerts to evacuate.

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5 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2010: The incident call center at 303-413-7737 is taking information from pet owners who are concerned about animals still in the fire area. No rescues of pets are possible at this time; however, animal control officials are monitoring the situation and will start going in, using the central list, as soon as it is safe to do so. The fire is currently estimated at 3,000 acres. There are about 100 firefighters on the perimeter at this time. More resources have been requested.

5:20 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2010: This is the most comprehensive list of residential areas that have been ordered to evacuate as a result of the wildfire: all homes within a 3-mile radius of Gold Hill; the Mountain Meadows subdivision; the Sierra Antigua subdivision; Mountain Meadows and Mountain Pines; Pine Brook; Boulder Heights; Whispering Pines; Mile marker 3 Sugarloaf to Boulder Canyon; and Lickskillet west to Sawmill. Again, the emergency alert system is not working properly. Residents in these areas should NOT wait for alerts to evacuate.

Fire is reported to be running, moving very fast towards Boulder Heights.

Fire behavior is very erratic, fire is moving in multiple directions.

6:10 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2010: The American Red Cross is opening an overnight shelter at the CU Coors Event Center. People should enter at the southwest arena entrance, taking Regent Drive to Kittredge Loop. This facility will open at 6:30 p.m. for all residents displaced by the wildfire. The shelter can only accommodate service animals. No pets are allowed, but the humane societies in Boulder and Longmont are accepting small pets. People should bring identification and medications and items to occupy small children. Food will be provided. Parking may be limited.

Ordered evacuation of SugarLoaf, from the bottom all the way up to the top.

Closing both ends of ridge (maybe bridge) road to all traffic.

Cutter Lane has been evacuated, working notifications along Wagon Wheel.