{"id":1182766,"date":"2022-01-03T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T14:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1182766"},"modified":"2022-01-03T09:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T14:34:47","slug":"police-arson-not-yet-ruled-out-for-colorado-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arson-not-yet-ruled-out-for-colorado-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Arson Not Yet Ruled out for Colorado Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-arson-not-yet-ruled-out-for-colorado-wildfires%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1182766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Arson has not been ruled out as a possible cause of the Colorado wildfires that have ravaged Boulder County, destroying an estimated 1,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cPolice told Fox 31 Denver that they are investigating all possible causes of last week\u2019s fire, saying that if arson or human negligence were to blame that the people responsible would be held accountable,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/authorities-not-ruling-out-arson-in-colorado-wildfire\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Saturday,&nbsp; the Boulder County Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/wildfire\/sheriffs-deputies-property-video-barn-stages-marshall-fire\/73-3462f973-213f-41b1-a3c1-798e16aa331d\">executed a search warrant<\/a>&nbsp;at a property of interest to investigate the cause of the Marshall Fire. No indication has been given as to what they were searching for or if they discovered anything of importance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEVASTATION: Colorado&#8217;s wildfires are shaping up to be the most destructive fires in state history in terms of property damage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTTxKv8JPO\">https:\/\/t.co\/oTTxKv8JPO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1477306378049970182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cWe are actively investigating a number of tips that came in yesterday and last night from the community,\u201d Sheriff Joe Pelle said. \u201cOne of those tips has resulted in us executing a search warrant on a property.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking into the cause and origin of the fire. If it turns out to be arson or reckless behavior with fire, we\u2019ll take appropriate actions,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was a red flag day the day of the fire, so there shouldn\u2019t have been any burning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday,&nbsp;Colorado Public Radio\u2019s Allison Sherry tweeted Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) will be working with the FBI to investigate what has become the most destructive fire in Colorado history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. Jared Polis confirms the FBI is helping investigate the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allison Sherry (@allisonsherry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allisonsherry\/status\/1477736519666483200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Though the fire has claimed nearly a thousand homes, no fatalities have been reported as of yet, though three people have since been reported missing. According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/01\/01\/colorado-boulder-fire\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>, the search for the three missing people has proven difficult due to the snowstorm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe snow is an awesome thing for fire behavior, and it\u2019s a hard thing for crime scenes and recovery efforts and damage assessments and all those things,\u201d Sheriff Pelle said. \u201cSo it\u2019s a mixed blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents described the situation as something unprecedented, especially for the month of December; fire season in Colorado typically spans from May to September.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19336578\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237511435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19336578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237511435-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Allison Price digs through the debris at the parents\u2019 house of her boyfriend in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire on January 2, 2022 in Louisville, Colorado. Officials reported 991 homes were destroyed, making it the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. (Michael Ciaglo\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor 35 years I walked out my front door, I saw beautiful homes. Now when I walk out, my home\u2019s standing. I walk out my front door and this is what I see,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/01\/officials-nearly-1k-homes-destroyed-in-colorado-wildfire-526305\">said one resident<\/a> referencing the damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time I got up here, the houses were completely engulfed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/thousands-flee-colorado-wildfires-burn-hundreds-homes-82014901\">said another <\/a>resident. \u201cI mean, it happened so quickly. I\u2019ve never seen anything like that. \u2026 Just house after house, fences, just stuff flying through the air, just caught on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarshallFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarshallFire<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DenverGazette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DenverGazette<\/a>&#8216;s Tim Hurst. The fire burning in Boulder County has forced evacuations of approximately 35,000 people and destroyed an estimated 580 homes \u2014 making it the most destructive fire in Colorado history in terms of structures lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1c2zPBNuH\">pic.twitter.com\/I1c2zPBNuH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Metzger (@hnmetzger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hnmetzger\/status\/1476729000017817600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarshallFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarshallFire<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DenverGazette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DenverGazette<\/a>&#8216;s Tim Hurst. The fire burning in Boulder County has forced evacuations of approximately 35,000 people and destroyed an estimated 580 homes \u2014 making it the most destructive fire in Colorado history in terms of structures lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1c2zPBNuH\">pic.twitter.com\/I1c2zPBNuH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Metzger (@hnmetzger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hnmetzger\/status\/1476729000017817600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arson has not been ruled out as a possible cause of the Colorado wildfires that have ravaged Boulder County, destroying an estimated 1,000 homes. \u201cPolice told Fox 31 Denver that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}