“In the aftermath of the Marshall fire, one wonders if a tipping point exists that will spur large-scale collective action to address well-documented and severe risks to the lives and livelihood of Coloradans,” the report said.
The narrative describes strong winds ripping the doors off fire trucks and blowing flaming chunks of wood around neighborhoods where houses were burning at the rate of one foot per second. That dire warning came in a lengthy report released this week by the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control that offers lessons learned from the fire while also painting a dramatic portrait of how the wildfire spread and the efforts people took to fight it and save lives. The Marshall fire should serve as a tipping point for the entire state of Colorado when it comes to mitigating wildfires, and if the December fire that killed two people and cost upwards of $2 billion in damages does not, then people will continue to die and more property will be lost.
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