Editorial: Colorado winter wildfire shatters the illusion of safety in Western suburbs
The winter wildfire that ripped through grasslands near Boulder, Colorado, and engulfed suburban neighborhoods with ferocious speed last week was unexpected and frightening. Hurricane-force winds gusted at over 100 mph, whipping the Marshall fire into a building-to-building conflagration that spread across entire subdivisions, big-box stores and a major highway, and destroyed nearly 1,000 ...
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jan 05, 2022
2 minutes
The winter wildfire that ripped through grasslands near Boulder, Colorado, and engulfed suburban neighborhoods with ferocious speed last week was unexpected and frightening.
Hurricane-force winds gusted at over 100 mph, whipping the Marshall fire into a building-to-building conflagration that spread across entire subdivisions, big-box stores and a major highway, and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in a matter of
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