Colorado windstorm causes fatal I-25 pileup crash, fuels Eastern Plains wildfire

A deadly windstorm ripped across Colorado’s Front Range and Eastern Plains on Tuesday, causing a massive pileup on Interstate 25 that killed five people. Wind fueled a wildfire, cut power to hundreds of homes and delayed or canceled more than 1,100 flights at Denver International Airport.

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Widespread winds over 60 mph swept through Colorado communities east of Interstate 25, reaching 73 mph southeast of Lamar and 72 mph in Cheyenne County, according to National Weather Service reports…

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