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About 19,000 people ordered to evacuate due to wildfire burning in Boulder

Boulder Police Department

BOULDER, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Boulder Police Department posted Saturday that 19,000 people or about 8,000 homes need to immediately evacuate due to a wildfire burning in an open space.

They say the fire is about 130 acres and zero percent contained as of 6:30 P.M. No structures have been damaged.

According to police, the fire is burning near the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and is now being called the NCAR Fire.

Emergency alerts were sent out to all cell phones near NCAR

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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