In December, it was just another beautiful day to enjoy the stunning 360-degree views from her upstairs windows, until the police knocked. Ruth lives in that mansion at the top of the hill, with her husband, where they’ve seen all three Chatridge grass fires. 85 toward an isolated mansion and threatened 100,000 people in Highlands Ranch, a few miles away. 14, just before Boulder County’s horrific Marshall fire, swept east up the hill from U.S. They know the future will arrive on this spot, because the kind of raging grass fires near thousands of suburban homes that keep emergency planners awake at night has already been here three times in five years. Credit: South Metro Fire Rescue)ĭOUGLAS COUNTY - The future of climate change and suburban firefighting in Colorado is here, in a dull brown meadow at the corner of Chatridge Court and U.S.
85 three times in five years, and firefighters work hard to keep flames from moving over the hill into thousands of homes in Highlands Ranch.
Grass fires have threatened the meadows and homes near Chatridge Court and U.S.
