Controlled burn and downed power line sparked Colorado's costliest wildfire
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2023-06-09 04:31
Controlled burn and downed power line sparked Colorado's costliest wildfire
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado's costliest wildfire on record started from fierce winds that damaged power lines and unearthed smoldering embers from a controlled burn days earlier, sparking two blazes that merged into a deadly conflagration, authorities said on Thursday. Investigators found a variety of human and weather-related factors combined to spark the Marshall Fire, which killed two people and destroyed nearly 1,100 homes in December 2021, but ruled out any criminal culpability, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said.

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