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Colorado

momta

(4,186 posts) Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:50 PM Thursday

I live in a small town in Colorado--about 1500 people. Last night a fire burned down the main shopping center in town. Over twenty businesses were destroyed. My family is okay, but a lot of my friends lost their businesses and jobs. This is gonna take a long time to come back from.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/09/nederland-shopping-center-fire-carousel-grocery-stor/

https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/09/nederland-fire-caribou-village-shopping-center-businesses/?share=20pvienuwlnhoybwpies

There are lots of ways to help if you can, some listed in the articles.

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Nederland JustTooMuch Thursday #1

Thanks. It is. momta Thursday #2

I think... 2naSalit Thursday #3

Thanks, 2naSalit, momta Thursday #4

Sounds like half of town! 2naSalit Thursday #5

Nederland is a pretty town. Drove through there in March. Lucky Luciano Thursday #6

So sorry to hear that. Kablooie Thursday #8

This message was self-deleted by its author 33taw Thursday #10

I'm so sorry mountain grammy Thursday #12

Thank you. momta Friday #13