Video appears to show start of Colorado's Marshall Fire that burned 1,000 homes

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The fire, which has since been contained, forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate last week.

on Thursday, shows strong winds blowing heavy smoke and flaming embers, a shed burning, officials managing traffic and residents struggling to walk through a haze of smoke.

Jack Pommer, former Colorado state representative and Boulder resident, took the video. He told CBS Denver on Tuesday that he was on his way to buy groceries on Thursday when he noticed what appeared to be a small grass fire on the side of Highway 93."It didn't seem like a danger at all," he said. "Within a few minutes, literally a few minutes, I couldn't see two feet in front of the car. I was afraid to move for fear that there'd be a person or car in front of me and then the embers came by," Pommer told CBS Denver."It was amazing. It was like I was in some kind of a special effects thing or something with all these red lines shooting all around me."

 

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