'Something ignited the fire on a red flag day,' Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. 'And our job and responsibility, and our quest, is to determine what started that fire, ignited, and I don't have a definitive or final answer for you yet.'
Michael Rohde, the CEO of an eponymous consultancy in Southern California that helps governments and developers draw up wildfire evacuation plans, investigate fires and plan fire-resistant communities, said the Boulder County blaze was shocking in its speed and seamless transition from wild land to American suburbia.
The Marshall Fire showed, he said, that city living won't necessarily insulate people from wildfires as they become faster and more intense,On Friday, the first accumulating snow of the winter helped the effort to snuff out the flames, and by New Year's Day the blaze wasBut entire neighborhoods appeared to have been flattened by the shockingly quick blaze overnight Thursday.
in the burn area were destroyed. And the missing, presumed to be dead by because where they lived is now rubble covered by what the sheriff estimated was 8 to 9 inches of snow, could add gravity to the investigation.Tuesday so victims could get guidance on filing claims related to the blaze.
Pelle said over the weekend that his office was getting help from U.S. Forest Service investigators"who are experienced and highly talented in investigating major fires in other states."Rohde, the consultant who has been involved with numerous wildfire investigations, said the weather was so ideal for a catastrophic blaze that the possibilities are numerous, including concurrent starts at separate locations.
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