'None of this is normal,' said Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod. 'We are not OK.'
"Sen. Manchin, your Exxon highway bill isn't going to save our homes or our lives," the group said."Your greed and corruption is not only torching our future. It's burning our communities and destroying lives tonight."on Democrats' Build Back Better Act, a $1.75 trillion reconciliation package containing hundreds of billions of dollars in climate-related investments.
Officially known as the Marshall and Middle Fork fires, the blazes have thus far torched nearly 600 homes and 1,600 acres in the Boulder County area. Avista Adventist Hospital, a 114-bed facility in Louisville, was forced to evacuate its intensive care units. No deaths and several injuries had been reported as of late Thursday as firefighters worked to contain the damage, an effort they hope will be assisted by a forecasted New Year's Eve snowstorm.that while the exact cause of the destructive blazes is not yet clear,"early evidence suggests a sparking power line could have ignited the fires."
"Late-December wildfires aren't unheard of in Colorado, but the colder fall and winter months used to mean a break from the state's peak fire season," the outlet noted."Scientists and fire ecologists say
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