Authorities instructed more than 19,000 people to evacuate Saturday due to a Colorado wildfire south of Boulder, near the site of the 2021 blaze that destroyed more than 1,000 homes and caused $513 million in damage.The wildfire was caused by wind earlier Saturday and had grown to 122 acres with no containment, promoting the evacuation order for 19,400, according to Boulder Fire-Rescue spokesperson Marya Washburn. An overnight shelter was opened after evacuation orders applied to 8,000 homes and 7,000 buildings, the Boulder Office of Emergency Management said.No structures had yet been damaged when the order was issued and no injuries were reported.
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