LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — It’s been nearly a week since the Alexander Mountain Fire forced hundreds of families from their homes, and many are still waiting to hear when they’ll be able to return to their properties and check on them.
Denver7 spoke with Kelly Atkins outside of the Foundations Church in Loveland, which has operated as a shelter since Monday.
“It was it was burning right above us,” Atkins said.
He said that he was at work in Brighton when he heard about the fire. He was able to go home and quickly grab a few belongings before evacuating.
“You grab a few things that are special and maybe valuable, and you bring them down, but then you start thinking of all the little things that you left,” he said.
Atkins said he stayed with family for the first couple of days and then checked into a hotel. But …