BOULDER, Colorado: Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,000 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes.
The wildfire had grown to 123 acres (50 hectares) by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Evacuation orders covered 8,000 homes.
Protected wildland was burning near the Table Mesa neighborhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder police said on Twitter. Authorities have called it the NCAR fire.
The fire is in an area where a blaze destroyed 1,000 homes last year in unincorporated Boulder County and suburban Superior and Louisville.
Superior town officials told residents in an email that there were no immediate concerns for the community.
The fire was moving south-southeast toward Eldorado Springs, the Boulder County Sheriff’s office said.
Eldorado Canyon State Park has been closed and authorities have ordered people hiking or climbing in the area to evacuate. University of Colorado Boulder Police were evacuating the south campus and police blocked westbound traffic on roads near the blaze.
The fire started around 2 p.m. Saturday, said Boulder Fire-Rescue spokesperson Marya Washburn. An Emergency Operations Center was activated, Boulder police said. Emergency alerts were sent to cellphones within a 1/4 mile (0.4 kilometer) radius of the research center.
“Message is to EVACUATE area due to fast moving wildfire #boulder,” police said.
There was no immediate information on the cause of the blaze.
The skies are clear and the temperature was about 73 degrees (23 degrees Celsius) with wind at about 25 mph (40 kph). Winds were dying down later Saturday, Washburn said.
Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people
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Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people
- The wildfire had grown to 123 acres (50 hectares) by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management
German police search Deutsche Bank sites in money laundering probe
- Money laundering lapses have cropped up at Germany’s largest lender over the years
- Prosecutors said they were investigating as-yet unidentified individuals and bank employees
FRANKFURT: German federal police searched Deutsche Bank offices in Frankfurt and Berlin on Wednesday in an investigation related to money laundering, Frankfurt prosecutors said.
Money laundering lapses have cropped up at Germany’s largest lender over the years, prompting scrutiny from regulators, fines and police raids.
Prosecutors said they were investigating as-yet unidentified individuals and bank employees.
“In the past, Deutsche Bank maintained business relationships with foreign companies which, in the course of further investigations, are themselves suspected of having been used for money laundering purposes,” prosecutors said in an emailed statement.
Deutsche Bank confirmed the searches, but declined further comment.
“The bank is cooperating fully with the public prosecutor’s office,” it said.
The bank’s shares were 3 percent lower in mid-afternoon trade.
Two people with knowledge of the matter said the case involved transactions between 2013 and 2018. Prosecutors declined to comment on the time frame.
The searches come a day before Deutsche Bank is due to report its 2025 results, which could show its biggest net profit since 2007 if consensus forecasts are correct.
Prosecutors said they could not comment on the background of the business relationships, the transactions that passed through Deutsche Bank, their scope, nor the companies involved.
