On December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire tore through the Colorado suburbs of Superior and Louisville, destroying more than a thousand homes in a matter of hours. Winds exceeding 100 miles per hour turned entire neighborhoods into fire corridors. Snow fell the next day—but by then, the damage was done. Officials described it as the most destructive urban wildfire in Colorado’s history.
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