“There’s still areas burning inside the fire zone, around homes and shrubbery, but we’re not expecting to see any growth of the fire,” Pelle said. Though not officially contained, officials said they did not expect the fire to grow larger or cause more significant damage than it already has, but some burned homes and buildings continued to smolder with smoke and lapping flames Friday, even as snow began to fall. Officials said there were 1,778 homes within the burn area with a total value of $825 million - but not all of them were destroyed or even damaged, and it may be another day or so before a final tally is complete. “I would not be surprised if it’s 1,000.” “I would estimate it’s going to be at least 500,” Pelle said. Officials on Thursday evening estimated at least 500 homes in Superior were burned by the wildfire, but both Polis and Pelle acknowledged in Friday’s briefing that that number likely will rise significantly, with numerous losses also reported in Louisville. No information was available at press time about the other missing person.
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One of them is 91-year-old Nadine Turnbull, whose home burned down in Original Town Superior, the TV station reported. “We might have our very own New Year’s miracle on our hands if it holds up that there’s no loss of life,” Polis said.īut KUSA-TV reported late Friday that the sheriff’s office said two people had since been reported missing. Jared Polis and Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle estimated up to 1,000 homes in Superior and Louisville may have been destroyed as the roaring wildfire decimated entire subdivisions with shocking speed.Ĭolorado’s most destructive fire, in terms of property damage, previously had been 2013’s Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs, which had torched 489 homes.īut, in a development officials pointed to as miraculous, there have been no reported deaths connected to the wildfire and no missing persons reported as of Friday afternoon. “It’s absolutely crazy and heart-wrenching and hard to believe anything like this could ever happen,” said Andrew Muckle, a physician who has lived in Superior for 25 years and previously served as mayor.ĭuring a Friday morning news conference, Gov. An entire hotel in Superior was swallowed by the flames. The random path of destruction was stark as subdivisions like Coal Creek Ranch resembled scenes from disaster movies, with the smoldering debris of one house sitting next to a perfectly intact home.Īlong McCaslin Boulevard in Louisville, a Subway sandwich shop and an At the Beach tanning salon were among the retail outlets scorched when the wind-driven flames reached one of the city’s strip malls. In the daylight after a night of fire wreckage, gray snow clouds mixed with smoke and overwhelming fumes hung over the suburban Boulder County neighborhoods. Colorado wildfire: Marshall fire continues to burn in Boulder County Close Menu
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