Colorado wildfire: three feared dead and hundreds of homes destroyed as Biden declares disaster

At least seven reported injured while cause of the blaze remains under investigation

Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder county, Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Saturday.

Officials initially said there were no reports of fatalities or missing residents following the rare urban wildfire that erupted Thursday morning on the northern outskirts of the Denver metropolitan area.