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The ‘Apocalyptic’ Aftermath of the Colorado Wildfires

by Allan Stein


LOUISVILLE, Colorado—Among the hundreds of homes that were destroyed or damaged in the Marshall Fire in Colorado in December nothing appears to have been left intact save for the plug-in outdoor nativity scene that miraculously survived the intense heat and flames.

Whether by good fortune or divine intervention, the ornament’s resilience in the face of a sudden tragedy sits in stark contrast to the burned-out cars and the piles of rubble, ash, and twisted metal where houses once stood in the now ruined Centennial Heights neighborhood in Louisville, Colorado.

“It looks apocalyptic—especially with the melted cars in front of the melted-down houses and settlements that have concrete and brick,” said Colorado native Tara Dunn of White Ridge, Colo…


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