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Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson explains about cause of fire during a press conference on the investigative outcome into the cause and origin of the 2021 Marshall Fire, Thursday, June 8 , 2023, at the Boulder County Sheriff's Office in Boulder, Colo. Authorities say embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line separately caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP)

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Colorado's most destructive wildfire caused by embers from old fire, sparks from power line
By JESSE BEDAYN, COLLEEN SLEVIN AND MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press
Wed,06/07/23-11:37PM , 92 Reads
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire set days earlier outside a home used by a Christian religious communal group along with a sparking power line caused a 2021 Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead, authorities said Thursday.
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