BOULDER, Colo. –Nearly three years after the devastating Marshall Fire destroyed over one thousand homes in Colorado , a research study conducted by a team from the University of Colorado Boulder seeks to answer some of the questions raised by the disaster.
In the days following the fire, concerns emerged among residents who still had homes standing about the impacts of smoke on their health and homes. These concerns prompted CU Boulder to assemble a team of engineers, chemists, geographers, and other scientists to begin analyzing the data as soon as possible.
University of Colorado BoulderJoost de Goux, a CU Boulder chemistry professor and one of the main researchers, was helping set up measuring equipment inside of a Superior home within ten days of the fire. “What was unique about the Marshall fire is it happened right next to Boulder, Colorado,” noted de Goux. “We had all these scientists with all their equipment that could start making these measurements.”