991 homes destroyed and 3 people missing by Marshall Fire in Colorado

3 people remain missing and are now feared dead after fires ripped through
entire neighborhoods outside of Boulder, Colorado Thursday, destroying nearly
a thousand homes. "Yesterday we were at three, today we have accounted for one
of those gentlemen," said Boulder County Sheriff, Joe Pelle in a press
conference Sunday. "So we are currently at two missing persons, and we are in
the process today of trying to locate and, if possible recover those
folks." 

According to Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, the towns of Superior and
Louisville took the brunt of the damage, with 553 homes destroyed and another
45 damaged in Louisville.  Crews counted 332 homes destroyed in Superior,
with another 60 damaged.

Another 106 homes were burned in the county areas west of Superior, with 22
more suffering damage, Pelle said.

The fires erupted Thursday afternoon as winds gusting as high as 75-90 mph
roared through the Boulder area, with gusts exceeding 100 mph closer to the
mountain foothills. Flames quickly overwhelmed communities and businesses and
prompted more than 30,000 to evacuate.

"This was a disaster in fast motion all over the course of half a day,"
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said during a news conference Friday. "Many families
having minutes, minutes to get whatever they could, their pets, their kids
into the car and leave. The last 24 hours have been devastating. It's really
unimaginable."

Over 6,000 acres burned in the fires, all within just 24 hours, officials
said.

With information from foxnews.com