Officials: Nearly 1,000 Structures Destroyed in Colorado Fire

A lone flame flickers as smoke roils from the remains of a home destroyed by a pair of wildfires in Superior, Colo., on Jan. 1, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP Photo

SUPERIOR, Colo.—A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the wind-whipped blaze that erupted Thursday and blackened entire neighborhoods in the area located between Denver and Boulder.