On the left, the remnants of a home burned by the Marshall fire on Dec. 31, 2021. On the right, a home nears completion nearly one year after the historic fire. 📷 More photos:
Denver Post photojournalist Helen H. Richardson returned to the Marshall fire burn area in Louisville and Superior nearlyand rephotographed scenes from the day of the fire and its immediate aftermath.
LEFT: The Marshall Fire sweeps through the Sagamore subdivision on Dec. 30, 2021, in Superior. RIGHT: A house in the same location in the Sagamore subdivision has yet to be built a year after the Marshall Fire on December 28, 2022, in Superior, Colorado. LEFT: An Xcel Energy worker surveys the damage to a home that was burned to the ground in the Coal Creek Ranch subdivision in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire on Dec. 31, 2021, in Louisville. RIGHT: A year after the Marshall Fire the land where a home once stood in the Coal Creek subdivision is up for sale on December 28, 2022 in Louisville. The home behind it, which didn’t fully burn, is still being remediated and worked on after sustaining damage from the fire.