marshall fire
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Boulder County adopts fire-resistant building regulations in response to Marshall fire
Starting June 6, residents in the eastern grassland area of unincorporated Boulder County must follow new building regulations requiring them to use ignition-resistant materials before they build new homes. County commissioners unanimously approved the requirements this week in response to the Marshall fire, which destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Superior, Louisville and unincorporated Boulder…
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SBA Administrator Guzman touts disaster relief in Denver visit
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman verified Tuesday the agency recently updated its method of calculating costs when helping homeowners or businesses owners who lost everything in the Marshall Fire, meaning many get more financial relief. In an interview with the Denver Gazette while Guzman was on a tour of small businesses, and participated…
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Colorado legislature passes insurance coverage expansions for wildfire losses
Victims of wildfires in Colorado may soon get more immediate and substantive help from insurance companies under statutory changes the Colorado legislature approved Wednesday. If signed into law, House Bill 1111 would increase the amount of lost property insurance providers have to cover upfront and extend the timeframe victims have to rebuild their homes. The…
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Air quality monitors provide real-time measurements for people who live near Marshall fire
Boulder County residents who are concerned about breathing pollutants from the Marshall fire can now check air quality on an interactive map guided by 25 state-of-the-art air monitors placed throughout the burn area. The map shows how good or bad the air is in real time and suggests whether it’s a good idea to go…
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Lawsuit adds more uncertainty for Marshall fire residents
Just as Marshall fire victims thought that the legal squabbling over the debris cleanup was over, another lawsuit adds uncertainty to when they will be able to rebuild their homes. This time, the legal challenge comes from one of the 10 contractors that competed for the $60 million debris cleanup contract. Ceres Environmental lost out to…
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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 target 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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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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Boulder County hopes to start debris removal 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 on…