Teller County Sheriff says $300 million dollars worth of homes are in evacuation area of High Park Fire

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Teller County Sheriff told residents at a town hall meeting that $300 million dollars worth of homes were either under evacuation or under pre-evacuation orders as of Saturday afternoon.
As of 1:30 p.m. Saturday officials said the fire is 1.8 miles from the Cripple Creek Ranchettes.
He asked Teller County residents to help one another during this difficult wildfire event.
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well better hope they are insured well, the folks at Boulder took a cheap shot at underinsuring and they are SOL.
Also the new “green building codes” the state is trying to enforce will raise recovery amounts needed by up to $10K more
None of them were forced to build million dollar homes in the middle of a forest. As taxpayers, we are forced to pay for their selfish mistakes.