Colorado officials warn of possible Public Safety Power Shutoff due to fire risk from strong winds

DENVER, CO - Strong winds are expected successful Colorado, and residents are being advised that a Public Safety Power Shutoff could instrumentality spot connected Wednesday.

The almighty winds combined with debased humidity levels could summation the hazard of wildfires passim the region. 

High Wind Warnings and Watches on with Fire Weather Warnings person been issued successful galore cities, including Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.

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Wind gusts volition scope up to 60 miles per hr successful immoderate locations, portion the humidity levels volition scope from 20 to 30%.

Local powerfulness companies person indicated that they whitethorn request to unopen disconnected powerfulness successful parts of the Denver Metro country to assistance mitigate wildfire risk.

The authorities is advising residents to debar each outdoor burning oregon immoderate enactment that whitethorn nutrient a spark to commencement a wildfire.

According to a societal media station from the Boulder Office of Disaster Management, Xcel Energy notified Boulder County of a imaginable Public Safety Power Shutoff connected Wednesday. This could interaction a ample information of Boulder County.

They advised each residents to statesman charging phones, aesculapian devices and backup batteries, arsenic good arsenic program for food, water, medicine and favored needs, too.

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This isn’t the archetypal clip Colorado has been done a precocious upwind upwind event. In December 2021, hurricane-force winds impacted Boulder County, fueling a wildfire that was caused by a downed powerfulness line.

The Marshall fire destroyed implicit 1,000 homes and killed 2 people. Around $2 cardinal successful security claims were filed.