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City Opens Overflow Shelters After Coliseum Hits Capacity Overnight

More than 350 people showed up Wednesday night to get out of the cold. The Denver YMCA was opened to help with overflow.

The Wellington Web Municipal Building was also transformed Thursday into a 24-hour warming center.
The Wellington Web Municipal Building was also transformed Thursday into a 24-hour warming center. (CBS)

As the cold moved in, emergency shelters started filling up faster than expected.

"We have flexed, and we flexed overnight, we went beyond our number of cots and just started taking people in to get in out of the cold," Britta Fisher said.

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