DENVER—Emergency officials’ logs show the first structure that was reported destroyed in a Colorado wildfire burned down 20 minutes after a wave of calls to residents to evacuate.
According to logs released by Jefferson County sheriff’s officials Friday, an address was reported burned around 5:45 p.m. March 26.
Sheriff’s officials say phone calls to evacuate were made around 5:25 p.m. to residents within two miles of where more than two dozen homes burned.
Call logs show someone connected to the burned address had called 911 dispatchers less an hour before the structure was reported “burned down.”
The location was near the home of Sam and Linda Lucas, who died at their burned home. It was also near the residence of Ann Appel, also believed to have died in the fire.
