Tag: Marshall Fire
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Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state’s many underground coal-mine fires
The veins of mining run deep in Superior, a Colorado community founded on coal and recently redefined by fire. For generations residents needed only to go a few miles west during winter to see plumes of steam and smoke rising from fissures in the Earth, from an underground coal mine fire that started before many…
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Marshall fire assistance expanded to residents who suffered smoke, ash damage
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents whose homes or businesses suffered smoke or ash damage in the Marshall fire are now eligible for financial assistance, Boulder County officials announced. Previously, assistance was only available to people who lost their homes due to the blaze and not because of smoke or…
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Marshall Fire: Victims face the agony of a long recovery
This is the first of an occasional series to tell the story of the recovery from the Dec. 30, 2021 Marshall Fire through the eyes of its victims. Andrey and Elena Grachev of Louisville celebrated the 18th anniversary — literally the day — of moving into their Centennial Heights home at 104 Vista Lane the morning of…
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Colorado lawmakers propose changes to insurance coverage of wildfire losses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Less than two months after Coloradans suffered the state’s most destructive wildfire in history, lawmakers are trying to change the way insurance companies handle wildfire losses. If passed, House Bill 1111 would increase the amount of lost property insurance providers have to cover upfront and…
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Texas company awarded multimillion dollar bid for Marshall fire debris cleanup
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder County Commissioners on Thursday awarded a multimillion dollar contract to clean up tons of debris from the Marshall fire to a company with offices in Texas and Louisiana whose experience consists mostly of restoring communities after hurricanes and tornadoes. DRC Emergency Services LLC has…
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Colorado bills allocate tens of millions of dollars for wildfire mitigation grants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three bills introduced in the Colorado legislature aim to spend nearly $27.5 million over the next two years on grant programs to encourage mitigation strategies and combat more frequent and intense wildfires. Lawmakers are set to tackle the bills less than two months after the…
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Virtual concert featuring Dave Matthews to benefit Marshall fire recovery effort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis announced that Dave Matthews, the Avett Brothers, Denver’s Nathaniel Rateliff and other musicians will come together for a virtual concert later this month that will benefit the victims of the Marshall fire. The concert is slated to begin at 7 p.m. Feb.…
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Boulder County Commissioners to discuss removing debris from Marshall fire
Boulder County Commissioners on Tuesday are expected to receive a recommendation from a team of experts on which disaster cleanup company should get a coveted debris removal contract. The bid is worth tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and once the removal stage is complete, residents who lost their homes in the Marshall fire can…
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Investigation into cause of Marshall fire nearly complete
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A month after Colorado’s most destructive fire tore through Boulder County, investigators on Monday said they were close to finishing their investigation into the cause and origin of the Marshall fire, but it could take weeks or months before final reports come in from labs…
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Helping the helpers: Efforts made to keep firefighters talking after their Marshall fire experience
Lieutenant Paul Ostroy faced what was left of the 2000 block of Anderson Drive and thought of the families who lived there before the Marshall Fire destroyed it. “We drove up the walking path as flames were hitting the homes. We set up down here knowing it was coming this direction,” the former wildland firefighter…