Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle will hold daily 2 p.m. news briefings for the foreseeable future. Location is the Boulder County Sheriff's Headquarters (in-person for news media only). The news briefings will be livestreamed for the public via the Boulder OEM Facebook page, and posted to YouTube for closed caption viewing... read more →
Jan
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Jan
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Sheriff Joe Pelle has updated the latest damage assessment numbers related to the Marshall Fire. Total numbers are 991 structures destroyed and 127 damaged. Here are the local breakdowns: Louisville: Destroyed - 553 Damaged - 45 Superior: Destroyed - 332 Damaged - 60 Unincorporated Boulder County: Destroyed: 106 Damaged: 22
Jan
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We are understandably receiving a large number of inquiries about what individuals who have lost everything in fire should be thinking about and doing in this immediate aftermath. FEMA has terrific information for this at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4634#local-resources.
Jan
01
Xcel Energy is offering free space heaters. The official shelter at the Lafayette YMCA is currently out of heaters, but the utility is hoping to deliver more later today. There are heaters available at the Boulder YWCA, 2222 14th St.
Jan
01
We know there are a lot of questions about damage assessments and re-entry to the evacuated areas, and we will be sharing more information on that as soon as possible (today). There will be a media briefing hosted at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office at 2 p.m., which will be... read more →
Jan
01
The shelter at Rocky Mountain Church in Niwot is closed. The only remaining open shelter operated by Boulder County will be at the YMCA in Lafayette.
Jan
01
Our call center is overwhelmed with calls and staff are doing their best to answer calls as quickly as possible. Please be patient as we work to address your questions. We will be posting updates as soon as we can to this page, so keep refreshing please.
Jan
01
We have been overwhelmed by the community’s generosity any more physical donation drop-offs at this time. Please DO NOT bring donations to any of the evacuation centers or Sister Carmen. If you would like to help victims impacted by the fire, please consider a financial donation through the Community Foundation... read more →
Jan
01
We know there are a lot of questions about damage assessments and re-entry to the evacuated areas, and we will be sharing more information on this afternoon. There will be a media briefing hosted at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office at 2 p.m., which will be livestreamed on Boulder OEM’s... read more →
Jan
01
Últimas noticias para inquietudes de la communidad Sabemos que hay muchas preguntas sobre las evaluaciones de daños y el reingreso a las áreas evacuadas, y compartiremos más información al respecto lo antes posible (hoy). Habrá una sesión informativa para los medios de comunicación en la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Boulder a las... read more →