{"id":521593,"date":"2026-01-17T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/521593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:47:10","slug":"red-flag-warning-issued-for-boulder-county-amid-critical-fire-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/521593\/","title":{"rendered":"Red flag warning issued for Boulder County amid critical fire conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County is under a red flag warning on Friday for elevations between 6,000 and 9,000 feet as the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=BOU&amp;wwa=red%20flag%20warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Weather Service<\/a> is warning of critical fire weather.\n<\/p>\n<p>The warning is in effect from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, according to NWS.  Critical fire weather warnings mean unusually high temperatures, low humidity and wind.<\/p>\n<p>Winds are expected to persist between 30 and 45 mph, with gusts reaching 70 mph. Relative humidity will reach as low as 18%, according to NWS.<\/p>\n<p>Open burning and agricultural burning is prohibited under Stage 1 burn restrictions across Boulder County on Friday, according to the Boulder County Sheriff\u2019s office.\n<\/p>\n<p>Secure trailer chains and avoid yard work with equipment that could spark, Mountain View Fire Rescue warns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1GA6gJsAjF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith winds this strong and humidity this low, even a small ignition can turn into a fast-moving wildfire in minutes,\u201d the post states. \u201cStay aware, make safe choices, and report any smoke or fire immediately by calling 911.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boulder County is under a red flag warning on Friday for elevations between 6,000 and 9,000 feet as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":498906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[4437,4438,4439,9577,5295,746,5025,4440,1370,728,38889,50,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-521593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-boulder","9":"tag-boulder-county","10":"tag-colorado","11":"tag-colorado-news","12":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-fire","15":"tag-front-range","16":"tag-latest-headlines","17":"tag-local-news","18":"tag-longmont","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-science","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115907686737134943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}