Colorado wildfires — what caused them to be so bad?

BOULDER COUNTY, Colorado (KXAN) — Nearly 1,000 homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate Thursday as a wildfire raced through suburban Denver.It's important to be mindful of what led to this disaster so we can be prepared for when conditions are primed for another similar event.The first, and most obvious, factor contributing to the fires was the drought that has plagued the Front Range of Colorado. The NWS Boulder office, which also covers the De