The “Lewis Site” is another long-burning Marshall Mesa coal seam fire now sparking and needing urgent extinguishing
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More than 150 insurance companies sue Xcel, citing negligence over start of Marshall fire
Another lawsuit, filed Monday by the law firm that successfully sued PG&E after the deadly Camp fire in California, claims the utility company was aware of high fire risk Dec. 30
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Zornio: 4 reasons fireworks should be a relic of the past in Colorado
With endless reasons not to use them, what will it take for all Coloradans to ditch fireworks displays once and for all?
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Xcel Energy — blamed for helping spark the Marshall fire — is surveying 1,300 miles of power lines near Denver for fire risks
Colorado’s largest power company has a lidar-equipped helicopter crew inspecting lines in foothills west of city
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Marshall fire was caused by reignited burn on residential property, Xcel Energy power line, Boulder County authorities say
No evidence of a crime as authorities disclose cause and origin of the Marshall fire on Thursday, capping a 17-month probe into December 2021 wildfire that killed two people, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses
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Colorado needs thousands more firefighters as climate-change-driven fires become “public safety crisis”
More training and new approaches are needed to fight fires in wildland urban interfaces, experts said Wednesday in Colorado Springs.
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More than 100 homes are still uninhabitable from Marshall fire smoke and ash contamination
Marshall fire survivors with homes still standing continue to face unique hurdles more than a year later
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Colorado’s 2023 wildfire season has begun. Here’s how counties are responding.
Up and down Colorado’s Front Range and in mountain counties, fire planners are trying anything and everything to make 2023 safer
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Two Colorado lawmakers want to simplify the legislature’s ability to wield its rarely used subpoena power
House Bill 1248 would allow for the creation of special investigative committees made up of lawmakers and experts to issue subpoenas
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A Louisville family begins construction on a new home where the Marshall fire destroyed their last one
Louie Delaware and his family said their idea to build a new “living in place home” helps soften the blow of what they lost in the 2021 fire.