Tag: Marshall Fire
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HOA dues add insult to injury for Marshall fire victims
Just days after Colorado’s most destructive wildfire left Sandy Quiller with nothing but a suitcase full of clothes, $362 in homeowners association dues was lifted from her bank account like clockwork. “I saw it online and thought it was a mistake!” said Quiller, 70, who is currently living in Annapolis with one of her sons.…
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Marshall fire: Boulder County releases debris removal schedule
Boulder County officials Friday released the schedule for debris removal for the homes and businesses impacted by the Marshall Fire last December. The process is expected to begin in mid-April and should last around four months, according to the county. Homes and businesses within unincorporated Boulder County, the Eldorado neighborhood in Louisville and Sagamore neighborhood…
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Marshall fire investigation expected to take ‘several more months,’ authorities say
Three months after the state’s most destructive fire destroyed nearly 1,100 homes in Boulder County, authorities announced on Thursday that the investigation is ongoing and expected to take “several more months.” The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said it’s been working with experts from across the United States to thoroughly analyze evidence and identify the possible…
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Excavators should be rolling toward end of April, Boulder County officials tell Marshall Fire victims
It will take at least 3 weeks before excavators start digging away at tons of charred ruins from the Marshall Fire, and once the hauling starts, it will be another four months before all of the properties are cleared. Residents should then be able to start rebuilding before the snow flies at the end of…
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Alerts for NCAR fire notified people not in evacuation zone
When the NCAR fire broke out Saturday afternoon, many Boulder County residents who didn’t need to evacuate received public safety alerts on their cellphones, causing confusion in Superior and Louisville, where there was no danger. Some people were tweeting that the fire was nowhere near their homes and wondering why they were getting the notices. The…
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Text messages between city leaders show delay, confusion with Marshall fire evacuation alerts
Text messages between Louisville city leaders show confusion and a delay in getting evacuation notices to residents during the Marshall fire. Those text messages, along with city emails, were obtained using the Colorado Open Records Act. Louisville stopped answering questions about the Marshall fire evacuation process in late January. After submitting the open records request,…
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Nearly three months after Marshall fire, Boulder officials clear way for debris removal to begin
Boulder County and DRC Emergency Services ratified the Marshall fire debris removal contract on Tuesday, paving the way for the company to start hauling off wreckage that has been sitting untouched for almost three months. The cost of the work now stands at $60 million, $8 million more than the original bid made by DRC.…
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Home damaged by Marshall fire burglarized; police identify person of interest
A home damaged by the Marshall fire was burglarized on Saturday and the Louisville Police Department has identified a person of interest. Around 3 a.m., police saw a 2007 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck with Colorado license plate 534VIW in the driveway of a fire-damaged home. An officer then saw a person running through the home’s…
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74-year-old Superior man first to put a for sale sign up after DIY Marshall Fire cleanup
Two straight months of tossing out the ruins of your life’s work will consume a man. That’s why the total gravity of the Marshall Fire’s destruction didn’t sink in for Paul Williams until he saw the wrecked landscape of Original Town Superior from a high mountain trail. “I’ll miss the open space and I’ll miss…
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Boulder County hopes to start debris removal next week amid questions about open meetings law violations
It appears there’s an end in sight for nearly thousands of Marshall Fire victims who have been waiting to have fire-ravaged debris hauled off of their property so that they can start to rebuild. Boulder County announced Friday that it will finalize the debris removal contract with DRC Emergency Services in a business meeting next…