<p>Home owner Eleanor Mahoney joins a group of Sunshine residents to discuss the fate of their homes on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Gov. Bill Ritter declared a state of emergency Tuesday as officials nearly doubled the fire's estimated size to more than 7,100 acres, or 11 square miles. At one point the plume from the fire could be seen in Wyoming, 90 miles to the north.</p>
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September 8, 2010 9 p.m.
Thousands flee fires near Boulder, Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness.