Winds began to lessen Friday night after days of trouble along Colorado’s Front Range and days of power outages, both planned and unplanned.
Friday night, there were still about 90,000 customers without power. By noon on Saturday, it was just over 52,000. Xcel said the restoration of power in its service area would still be impacted by high winds. Some customers were told it may not be until Sunday before power is back.
Two small fires were handled quickly by foothills departments. One near Wellington Lake in Jefferson County was about an acre and a quarter, and another on the west side of Conifer was about one-quarter acre. The most significant fire was on Wednesday when an investigator said a generator being used at a home on Pleasant Park Road in Conifer malfunctioned. The home was a total loss…