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Toll of Colorado wildfire worsens as authorities look for 4 missing residents

September 8, 2010 |Dan Elliott,P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press
- Residents listen to Boulder County Sheriff's office Commander Rick Brough during a news conference about a wildfire outside of Boulder, Colo. on Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Firefighters in Colorado are planning to aggressively ramp up the fight against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes in a rugged canyon northwest of Boulder. (AP Photo/ Matt McClain) -

Residents listen to Boulder County Sheriff's office Commander Rick Brough during a news conference about a wildfire outside of Boulder, Colo. on Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Firefighters in Colorado are planning to aggressively ramp up the fight against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes in a rugged canyon northwest of Boulder. (AP Photo/ Matt McClain)

BOULDER, Colo. - Four residents of an area burned by a wildfire near Boulder remain missing.

Authorities said earlier Wednesday that eight people were unaccounted for. Since then, one more person was reported missing and a total of five have been located.

Some residents have refused to leave the area and stayed behind, risking their lives to try to save their homes. Authorities have been following up with family members and checking homes in the area to find the missing.

The fire is burning on 6,388 acres, just under 10 square miles (26 square kilometres). Some rain began to fall on the area Wednesday, providing a boost to firefighting effort.

Crews attacked the blaze from the air and on the ground but officials say they still don't have control of the fire.

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