Like so many others, Sandra Thomas-Comenole and her family fled the Marshall fire with little more than the clothes they were wearing. In the case of her four children, ages 10-20, it was pajamas. Their home was one of dozens destroyed in the Sagamore subdivision at the west end of Superior on Dec. 30. “The […]
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Zornio: For me and others, escaping the Marshall fire comes with a heavy dose of survivor’s guilt
The first text arrived at 12:08 p.m. “A fire near you?” Looking out a south-facing window, the sky streaked blue. The next came at 12:09 p.m. “Grass fire shut down 36 into Boulder.” I ran outside to look west, braving the same 100-plus mph wind gusts that had felled my fence and trees just days […]
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First phone alert for the Marshall fire sent 42 minutes after it started — and only to 215 contacts
The first phone alert warning Boulder County residents to flee the Marshall fire was sent at least 42 minutes after flames broke out — at most to 215 people. By then, at least one structure had burned and the wind-driven fire was on its way toward consuming more than 1,000 homes and businesses, becoming the […]
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The minute-by-minute story of the Marshall fire’s wind-fueled tear through Boulder County
BOULDER COUNTY – Chihoko Cullens’ 7-year-old daughter was using the new teacher set she got for Christmas to run a pretend classroom for her little brother and sister, all three still in their pajamas, when the smell of smoke crept into the house. It was 12:10 p.m., an hour after the first 911 call reporting […]
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Investigators find partial human remains in Marshall fire wreckage
Investigators have found partial human remains in their search for two people reported missing after the Marshall fire. Adult remains were found in the 5900 block of Marshall Road, not far from where the fire began. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that investigators will continue to work on the scene […]
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“Is this another fire?”: Sisters haunted by the loss of their home in Marshall fire now face returning to school
Menacing winds that fanned flames from the Marshall fire into Jaden Crawley’s Superior home last week were back to wake her up Tuesday morning. For a few paralyzing moments, the 15-year-old peered out the window beside the bed, watching as a nearby street lamp cast an orange glow through tree branches. As the tree blew […]
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Louisville’s police chief knows his town’s pain. The Marshall fire destroyed his home, too.
BOULDER – Louisville Police Chief David Hayes wore shiny leather hiking boots and a gray pullover sweater as he faced the microphones, calmly explaining to a room crowded with reporters and television cameras that residents could soon pick up passes to reach neighborhoods scorched by the Marshall fire. What he did not announce during Monday’s […]
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“It is very, very difficult work”: Search continues for two people missing after Marshall fire
First responders are using their hands and small tools as they dig through the wreckage of buildings where two people were reported missing after the Marshall fire. “It is very, very difficult work given the debris, the heat and essentially working by hand with small tools to try to get through those locations,” Boulder County […]
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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor wildfire: Postal workers rally to resume delivery after Marshall fire
Usually quiet this time of week, the Louisville Post Office bustled back to life Sunday as letters, bills, prescriptions and more waited in makeshift mail boxes for their owners to come claim them. The post office, located along fire-ravaged McCaslin Boulevard, counts itself among the lucky buildings left standing after the Marshall fire, which reduced […]
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Federal agencies join investigation into the Marshall fire’s cause as two people remain missing
Boulder County authorities zeroed in on a neighborhood they believe to be the origin of the Marshall fire but have yet to determine a cause, Sheriff Joe Pelle said Sunday. Authorities said the fire likely started near Marshall Road and Colorado 93, and they are working with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]