Tag: Marshall Fire
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Law firms recruit Marshall fire survivors for civil lawsuits against Xcel
When Stephen Wenzel called his very pregnant wife in December 2021 to warn her about the oncoming wildfire that would later be known as the Marshall fire, she was sound asleep and oblivious to the danger. “When I got up and looked out the window, my neighborhood was on fire,” said Savannah Wenzel, 29. A…
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A decade later, mitigation against new Black Forest inferno remains incomplete
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As fire erupted in a densely wooded bedroom community northeast of Colorado Springs on June 11, 2013, Laura Lollar was driving home from a working lunch where the lead communications officer for the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire talked about handling unexpected challenges. The coincidence for…
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A timeline of the Marshall fire and the aftermath
From the time the Marshall Fire began on Dec. 30, 2021 to Thursday, when Boulder County Sheriff’s Office officials announced the results of the fire investigation, wildfire mitigation and relief bills have passed, millions of dollars have been raised for fire victims, and the community has taken big steps to rebuild. After 17 months of…
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Marshall fire litigation still possible with no citations for cause
Civil lawsuits could be filed after the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office released the findings of its investigation into the causes of the Marshall fire, Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty said Thursday. The investigation found two causes of the destructive and deadly fire in December of 2021. One linked to a fire at property owned by…
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Marshall fire had 2 causes, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says
The first fire was human caused, the second was sparked by an unmoored Xcel Energy power line, Sheriff Curtis Johnson said
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Marshall fire-affected HOA may be first in Colorado to allow metal fencing
In what many Marshall Fire victims are hoping will become a movement to embrace safety over aesthetics, the Rock Creek Homeowners Association modernized the rules. It voted unanimously Thursday to allow its 65 Marshall Fire victims, and anyone else who lives in the community, to rebuild using metal fire-proof fencing. RCHOA is believed to be…
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Colorado construction worker dies rebuilding Marshall Fire home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Marshall Fire victims are mourning the death of a construction worker who was helping to rebuild a Louisville home destroyed in the wind-swept inferno. It’s the third death associated with the 2021 blaze. Two people died in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire, which struck Dec. 30,…
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A big “whew” for Marshall Fire victim who credits The Denver Gazette for relief
Marshall Fire victim Sandy Quiller can breathe more easily, she says thanks to a Denver Gazette story which featured her plight. Quiller was feeling hopeless, as the clock was ticking on her ability to pay rent without help from her insurance company. She was insured for 12 months, but Safeco Insurance refused to budge on…
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For some Marshall Fire victims, out-of-pocket costs are re-victimization
The hits just keep coming for Sandy Quiller. The first “punch” landed Dec. 30, 2021, when the Marshall fire fueled by 100 mph wind gusts tore through dry open space grasses adjacent to her Superior townhome and destroyed it. Quiller’s was one of three unlucky buildings, out of 72 in her housing complex, which were…
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Insurance companies asked to extend coverage for Marshall fire victims
Insurance companies with clients who lost homes in the Marshall fire had until Friday, the one-year anniversary of Colorado’s most destructive fire, to let Colorado’s Division of Insurance know if they’re going to extend coverage of those clients’ additional living expenses to 24 months. Commissioner Michael Conway sent the companies notice in early December. “It’s…