{"id":417929,"date":"2026-01-16T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:45:09","slug":"red-flag-warning-issued-for-boulder-county-amid-critical-fire-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417929\/","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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":2,"featured_media":396399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,25266,32595,3912,102238,176067,75,7770,3913,3914,2289,211398,44,128],"class_list":["post-417929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boulder","tag-boulder-county","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-news","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-environment","tag-fire","tag-front-range","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-longmont","tag-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}