The road to recovery for the homeowners and the area itself is long and costly, let's do our best to prevent something similar from happening here!
GRAND LAKE, Colo. (KDVR) — It has been more than a month since the East Troublesome Fire was officially contained, but the recovery is just beginning.
From damaged homes, to debris cleanup, the drain on resources is unlike anything Grand Lake firefighters have seen before.
“The best way I can put this, as far as an analogy goes, is five years worth of fire, in one night,” says Interim Fire Chief Seth St. Germain. “It wiped out everything we had in reserves for replacement equipment.”
Friday, President Trump approved a disaster declaration for Colorado, potentially paving the way for tens of millions of dollars in federal recovery funding. The declaration specifically targets Grand, and Larimer Counties, where the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome Fires burned.
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