In Colorado, hundreds of homes destroyed by fire

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Various structures burn down, including an Element hotel, as a wind-blown wildfire forced the evacuation of the upper suburbs of Boulder, Colo., U.S. December 30, 2021. © via REUTERS - TREVOR HUGHES / USA TODAY NETWORK

By: Juliette Pietraszewski

1 min

In Colorado, the United States, 30,000 people were evacuated from cities in Boulder County, and at least 500 homes were destroyed.

We come back to it in Christophe Paget's press review.

The press collected the testimonies of the refugees, who fill the evacuation centers.

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In the

Denver Post

, a survivor said he watched the house he had lived in for 30 years burned down.

He lost everything " 

except the clothes he has on his back and his car 

".

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