RAW: Longmont Firefighter shares video of what it looked like fighting the Marshall Fire

Patrick Kramer is a firefighter with Longmont Fire who helped fight the Marshall Fire in Louisville and Superior. He shot this video as his team worked to fight the fire on December 30.
Two people were missing, 991 structures were destroyed and 127 were damaged along with 6,026 acres burned in the wildfire in Boulder County. The perimeter of the fire is 100% contained.
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[@eljaysmiley]

So much respect and gratitude for those firefighters. 🙏💙

[@swimgirl24]

Thank god for our firemen and women. They saved so many homes under really shitty conditions. And then to think some of them lost their homes too at the end of the day. 💔

[@freshstart4423]

They look lost and confused. Grace be with you through Jesus Christ.

[@jamescarson9118]

This is what good human beings look like!

[@marktwain368]

Never forget that firefighters save lives and property every day! Not one of us would want to be anywhere near this inferno devouring homes and structures, but the Fire Dept. goes into battle with the red demon and we can only salute them for what they do! Prayers from Canada for all you in Boulder County and beyond!

[@daflatearth7456]

Mad respect for FFs

[@kellythomas90]

Mark twain & they know all about whats causing the fires. Their trained to find out. They know it's. ...ARSON !!!

[@AcesDman7]

What the Hell is that Blue Glow on the wall of the house I see a couple times around 2:40. Cedar tree not on fire and little wind. Looks Damn Phisy to me.

[@cageordie]

@@AcesDman7 Reflection of fire engine lights. Also color correction, white balance, makes white look blue because the images are full of red.

[@stevehamman4465]

You should apply for a job with CNN. You don't know what your talking about and act like you speak for everyone!! Shhhhhhhh!!

[@allenra530]

When it's your job and your duty to save people and their homes, this has to be a horrible experience. Knowing that the wind is making all of your efforts in vain and people are losing everything that they own, while you can do nothing about it. That has to be heartbreaking. God Bless all of the EMS people who risk their lives to save ours.

[@colinhart4598]

Many actually lost their own homes too :(

[@Gallagherfreak100]

It breaks my heart to see these houses burn. These are peoples' homes, their lives going up in flames. These fire fighters are the best of humanity.

[@michaeleccher4068]

God bless the firefighters and first responders! Our lives would never be the same without them!

[@jackelracer593]

Yeah push for an updated system of wildland

[@freshstart4423]

Thats what I'm interested in, an updated system of wildland. I thank the Lord for bringing snow on this area.

[@michaeleccher4068]

@@freshstart4423 Strange how we got just what we needed only a day late...

[@freshstart4423]

@@michaeleccher4068 Are there any homes and buildings saved by the snow?

[@michaeleccher4068]

@@freshstart4423 The snow did help the last bits of fire to be fully contained, but I can't say for sure if the snow saved any buildings.

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

Drove through the area today for a doctors appointment and you almost don't notice the damage because it burned everything to the ground. Surreal seeing that part of town like this.

[@pavlovssheep5548]

what did not burn, raises more questions than what did burn . will be more obvious when snow melts

[@tomdiperna964]

Exact same thought. Especially with the snow, it looks eerily normal.

[@711yada]

Sometimes the trees blocked the firewind.

[@711yada]

It is strange to see everything I knew for most of my life, on TV, and burning. So very sad.

[@blueman5924]

Hopefully no firefighters were hurt in this chaotic fire event. 🙏

[@dukemetzger3784]

The fact that they put themselves in front of the fire in the first place is absolutely courageous at the least and heroic every day! They can only do so much against such forces!

[@thmmke6926]

The definition of Heroes

[@bethmuckey8981]

Damn that's crazy all those homes just like that's thanks for your hard work

[@lynnloehr1566]

The men and women who do this every day are true heroes. Thank you so much.

[@MJ-yn7mg]

God bless all the brave ladies and gentlemen!! Thank you all for risking your lives for the community!

[@chrisdixon7305]

A tough day for the fire crews - not much chance of stopping the flames in these conditions. That wind is nuts!

[@juliaweber212]

Yes I heard 100 miles correct me if I'm wrong

[@troygreen9321]

It's even worse when viewed from the fire fighter's point of view

[@richardbradley6038]

I bet the firemen feel helpless and sad that were fighting the fire. Thankyou for your service!

[@MountainGram112]

a different view, from inside it all. Tragic.

[@seamripper0000]

Absolutely heartbreaking for the families and heroes.

[@3220fire]

Strong work Brothers and Sisters!!!

[@stephanieortiz9624]

So sad & scary. Prayers for all!

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Been a Firefighter in the West for over 15 years, never seen anything like that

[@15stag]

Happens multiple times a year in California. It’s sad to see. I’ve learned some amazing tactics and have seen some wild fire behavior. After 22 years of doing this great career, I still see fires that blow my mind. I hope they find the missing, and pray they have the strength to rebuild those great communities👍

[@sportsmom165]

My daughter is a rappeller on a Forest Service helitack crew aka wildland firefighter. She & her crew think this is just the beginning. That states that normally don't see wildland fires this late in the year are going to become more like Cali, with wildland fires during the "off" season. People are building more in the urban-wildland interface and aren't setting up their homes to be FireWise.

[@freshstart4423]

@@sportsmom165 How can they be more fire wise?

[@sportsmom165]

@@freshstart4423 The Forest Service & BLM have put out guidelines on how to build a home in an urban-wildland interface. Such as building materials, particularly for the roof, spacing between structures and the best landscaping practices. These homes look like regular suburbs. They need to take into account that there is wildland five, ten, etc. miles away.

[@sootikins]

@@freshstart4423 They could start by fixing the broken zoning policies that allowed the houses to be built on postage stamp sized lots crammed together with only a couple feet separation between buildings. These crammed together subdivisions are firestorms waiting to happen. Also building codes should require non-combustible roofs (cement or terracotta tile, etc.) in "interface" areas. I could go on...

[@happyplaces9020]

Man, this happened here in Southern Oregon just over a year ago. It was called the Almeda fire. It ripped up I-5 between about 12 to 15 miles within an hour or 2. It took out several trailer and manufactured home parks. I remember hearing all the propane tanks exploding. Winding were blowing extremely bad that day. It was the perfect storm that day.

[@melvian75]

a sincere thank you to all those who served the community during those tough times

[@playme129]

Brave men.

[@ec311]

No way to fight against that ferocious wind! Horrible tragedy!

[@jpaxonreyes]

@BD007Marky - Then you didn't watch the video. But also the winds lessened toward evening.

[@maxpower92]

@@jpaxonreyes wind always mellows out in the evening. Unless they've experienced the phenomenon, they'll never under stand. ( must have to do with warm and cool air converging)

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

Heartbreaking. Just horrible. Thank goodness there are people willing to do this job.

[@squidly1117]

Thank you for your service.

[@leahvon5905]

Wow thank you to these firefighters for all the effort into putting out the fires

[@alicebonan5053]

The second clip is from Rock Creek in Superior. I have ran, biked, and walked by those homes countless of times growing up. It's been almost four months since the fire and it's still so hard to watch videos like these because it brings back really bad memories from that day - our family house is right behind those homes burning in Rock Creek. I'm so sad for my neighbors and community members. I don't think it has gotten any easier for of us since that day.

[@justinrasmuson]

That’s all extremely heart wrenching

[@mp15a]

God Bless Our Fire Fighters. Thank You!

[@MarthaGarrett]

Heart breaking.

[@mediumrick7667]

So reminiscent of our Santa Ana winds here in California. Best of luck to our friends in fellow Americans in Colorado. We're thinking of you.

[@THEWRENCH343]

THANK YOU! Firefighters give it their all everyday, sometimes in a battle they know that they can't win. Never give up, never forget. 343

[@Afterimage1]

That is insane! I live about an hour drive from there.

[@Jakecooks]

So sad to see every single large wildfire we get these days. So many families losing their homes and everything that is precious to them not including those who perish themselves. I wish the best for all those 1k+ families affected.

[@kkesler627]

God bless our firefighters all of them 🙏♥️

[@Dewbys]

I’m 20 and live in Arvada about 20 minutes from the fires. My dream job is to be a firefighter and it was pretty sad watching these fires go down and watching how many people got impacted. I went onto a mountain that night and watched from up top and it was just unbelievable. I was also working on highway 36 and baseline when the fire started and had to drive all the way around boulder to I-25 to get home and I got some very wild videos of the fires and wind.

[@sarvinmaharaj6724]

God bless our fire men and women. We owe you indebt of gratitude and fight on spirit.

[@Tupunaforever]

God bless you all....so devistating

[@homanburnett9272]

That's very heartbreaking to watch

[@cageordie]

My friends used to live here. I am so glad they moved back to Scotland for their children's education.

[@raymondwandell8880]

Houses burning from the inside out. So strange.

[@seanobrien4172]

hundred mile per hour winds blew embers into every opening in the house

[@victorboucher675]

DEW

[@sportsmom165]

Spotting are sparks & with that wind speed, it's very possible for the fire to start in the house.

[@LaurieFloodTeacher]

@BD007Marky that's what I've been saying for a few years now. We've had fires like this here in Northern California where the same thing happens. This stuff is intentional.

[@paulsmallriver6066]

@@LaurieFloodTeacher prove it

[@Miata822]

That must have felt painfully futile, fighting a giant fire sweeping through house after house, with no way to stop it.

[@mpatrickthomas]

Those poor people.Its surreal.Imagine getting ready for Christmas and your whole neighborhood burns.Whats bizzare is looking at the aftermath. everything still standing,but the houses only are gone

[@pchelloo]

Where are the firemen's breathing PPE? No eye or lung protection from smoke? :(

[@colinmckim4515]

Probably used all the air in their tanks already

[@mrnorthwestohiodude7758]

Woodland Fires plus homes makes the type of equipment they use vary. They are doing exterior firefighting where you usually don’t need breathing apparatus, and most woodland firefighters don’t fight with breathing gear as it would run out before being useful.

[@iamgabriel5823]

What was that flashing blue light at 3:28?

[@northland..]

Mother nature as beautiful as she is ....can get angry..& when she does her ferocity destroys & leaves bones lay barren Sad, but true... :(

[@JoeTravelJr]

What was cooking in the burning shed is the question eating at me.

[@valentinacontreras8292]

💔

[@marcoshernandez3023]

LASTIMA BONITAS CASAS. LOS BOMBERS HACEN LO QUE PUEDAN. CON LA VELOCIDA DEL VIENTO Y EL HUMO ES IMPOSIBLE. CONTENERLO. DIOS LOS PROTEJA

[@violettashearer8872]

THANK YOU FIRST RESPONDERS!! YOU ALL SAVES LIVES AND MANY HOMES THAT DAY. MAY THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL SAFE IN 2022 AND BEYOND 💓 🙏 🤲.

[@tuvoca825]

Were there no airdrops of water? What are the logistics to make something like that happen?

[@jamesledford7603]

Just like Paradise California not good

[@whothefareyou9784]

The firemen must feel like a guy who hears the words you talking to me.

[@luv2luv720]

It sounded like they were in a tornado!

[@brendamullins7491]

So 😢😢😢😢😭

[@elinope4745]

That is rough. Is there a way to set up maybe like a rock garden for a yard so as to make it very difficult for fire to spread to your house? It seems to me like having grass in a dry area isn't the best idea. I know that winds were pretty high that day, so this one spread faster and with each individual flame jump, further than you would expect fires to typically spread.

[@sportsmom165]

Yes, the Forest Service has set guidelines to make a house FireWise when building in an urban-wildland interface.

[@sootikins]

We've been living with wind driven fires here in SoCal for decades. The wind spreads the fire roof to roof. Non-flammable roofing (tile, etc) _properly installed_ is crucial and nowadays is required by code. Space between structures matters too. These houses being on tiny lots in a typical "modern" crammed together development was not at all helpful.

[@sootikins]

Feel like I need to clarify: when I say we've been living with fires for decades I'm not minimizing this Colorado disaster, just meant we've learned a thing or two about fire spreading. A key point about wind driven fire is that burning stuff can fly a mile or more to start new fires way beyond the front lines. This does a "divide and conquer" on the fire crews. After 2 major wildfires I've found chunks of burnt material on my (tile) roof that would likely have ignited many other materials. In both cases the main fire never got closer than 3/4 mile.

[@sportsmom165]

@@sootikins spotting can be bad. My daughter is a rappeller on a Forest Service helitack crew aka wildland firefighter and was on a forest fire outside of Boise. That fire ran 50,000 acres in one day and spotting was over a mile a way. Grass fires run & spread much faster & then factor in that wind.... honestly, it could have been much worse. Thankfully, everyone listened when they were told to leave. You'd be surprised how many people refuse to leave, until it's on their front door step & now the firefighters have to spend their time getting people out, instead of fighting the red monster.

[@silvergirl1960]

@@sportsmom165 In this video, go to 1:55, you'll see a person on the deck with a drink, just standing there while fire consumes his/her house.

[@hectorlineusesquivel3648]

All memories. GONE

[@JJBpilot]

How the he heck do they decide which to try and save??? All those dry wooden fences surrounding th hose homes were the perfect place for embers to catch and burn....

[@erick13es]

Become a firefighter and find out.

[@eljaysmiley]

The randomness of all of it is amazing. 💔

[@KYoss68]

it must be horribly frustrating and heartbreaking to be forced to perform a firefighting triage and decide on which structures to try to save, knowing there's not enough firefighters or equipment to save them all.

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

Those conditions were so bad it was literally like trying to stop a Tsunami.

[@MaltedJacker]

Like pissing into a volcano.

[@danielohara529]

How many miles did the fire travel?

[@rageface101]

This video is for all the people who like when it doesn't snow in Colorado.

[@5DNRG]

I want to know how this horrific fire started.

[@davidtate166]

What was the average costs of these homes??

[@chazman4461]

Vinyl siding, asphalt shingle roofs, and built 30feet apart. We have building materials that really could have slowed this down had the houses been built with them. The firefighters were facing an impossible task.

[@Gallagherfreak100]

Hardee board or Hardee plank siding. Fire resistant shingles with lightweight concrete decking.

[@kimmer6]

@@Gallagherfreak100 In the Tubbs fire in NorCal, it didn't matter what the siding or fireproof roof was made of. 1500 homes in a flat neighborhood far from any forest burned in a few hours one night. A fully engulfed house had enough heat to burst out the windows of all of its neighboring homes. Superheated air and blowing flames caused homes to burn from the inside out. Windows and gable vents caused the fire to propagate. They are the weak link. You can hear windows breaking at the start of this video.

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@kimmer6 Heavy wind will blow embers in the gable vents and once the roof is on fire, the house is gone. In Palm Coast, radiant heat melted interior nylon curtains and often, the window were still intact. When fires get that intense, almost anything can happen. During the Hamburg, Germany fire bomb raid in 1943, winds reached 150 MPH during the fire storm. The roads melted and people shrunk to the size of small children

[@kimmer6]

@@Gallagherfreak100 Thanks for the info. I installed an 1-1/2 schedule 40 steel pipe sprinkler system around the perimeter of my property with 2 sources of water at 80 and 120psi. PhosChek foam can be injected as well. Hopefully this would put a dent in any fire coming up this canyon. At least the system can be operated while I grab pets and escape. We have that darned dry grass that makes the hills of California ''golden''. In strong winds firebrands jumped the Carquinez Straights and set fires 1.5 miles downwind. We get 35-100 mph warm gusty Diablo winds around October here with 2% relative humidity. You can't successfully stop a fire under those conditions but pre wetting fences, vegetation, leaves is most certainly helpful. At 2% humidity, every doorknob you touch gives a static shock. Pet fur crackles when you pet him. I'm pretty sure that's never a Florida problem.

[@Gallagherfreak100]

@@kimmer6 : Palm Coast fires we had had a hard freeze earlier, lots of dead vegetation, then a sudden warm up, with dry 50 MPH west winds. Very unusual. Hurricanes are the bane of our existence here. Hurricane Michael, Oct 10, 2018, trashed our house, over 100k in damages. We were out of the house for over five months. We are moving and getting out of Florida. This is no longer a desirable place to live. Traffic, construction everywhere, stores always jammed. The old days are gone here. Do you have a reliable water supply? I would imagine you're on a well

[@susannesheffer1848]

Big sq footage homes by any standard, but built cheek by jowl. With those winds, a complete burn was a foregone conclusion.

[@Roaming50]

Yes, these neighborhoods in Louisville have some of the larger homes. In the Saint Andrews Ln area, which this appears to be, those homes are in the $1.3m to $1.8m range. Louisville as a town though put priority on smaller lots but with lots of public and wildlife open space between them. As an ex-resident, I loved this layout of open space. After all how much private yard do you really need? I'm really sad for my former town of 10 years. I knew this area well.

[@susannesheffer1848]

@@Roaming50 I got my 41 acres in beautiful high desert mountain foothills in AZ and except for my little house, the rest is for bird and wildlife. 41 acres is not enough. Anyone living within a mile is too close. But that's just me.

[@MrFlashyPasser]

@@Roaming50 That was Troon Court. St Andrews Lane was behind us. Heard the firemen had to drop their equipment and run behind there.

[@kari8187]

What a nightmare

[@georgiafreckles4180]

Omg!

[@sandyschoonover9051]

Were they able to open up doors and backyard kennels to let pets run instead of be trapped?

[@daughteroftheking2200]

A human life is more important than a corvette.

[@daughteroftheking2200]

Nope Fires along with 110 miles per hour winds. 2 people still missing. Was a horrible scary day! 😨 😭

[@lemonEd001]

I wish their owners would of done that instead. Sadly panick and a fast moving fire didn't gave some the chance. Still I wouldn't leave my house without my cat.

[@Roaming50]

@@lemonEd001 Most owners tried. Some weren't allowed back to their homes as it was already too late. Some were away and never had a change to get back. Some cats ran and hid and the owners/care takers where forced flee to save themselves. Just a horrible day.

[@lisatarr3078]

Where is this fire---the firestorm near Boulder?

[@rickharris5485]

The way this fire jumped around leads me to believe it was blowing embers that caused this fire to spread like it did. I might be wrong, but I think, had the home owners been allowed to stay, they could have saved their own houses with just a garden hose, just by dousing the burning embers before they could get the house going.

[@Aleckzandr]

That was tried by a few, but they still lost - more embers hitting roof and side of house than house water pressure could sustain. I live here, the winds were ferocious and allowing that would be waaaaay too risky. Life > Property.

[@rzicc]

watch the video again, you really think a garden hose is keeping flames at bay!? fire truck are throwing 1000GPM at these but a garden would do better?? also, its called radiant heat, the houses got to hot they just started on fire from the house next door, it didnt need embers to even touch the hosue.

[@sportsmom165]

The wind was causing major spotting, that would quickly ignite the dry vegetation and wood houses. A fire hose has a small chance on a wildland fire, a garden hose wouldn't be able to do anything. Except now, the firefighters have to get civilians out, instead of trying to fight the fire. My daughter is a rappeller on a Forest Service helitack crew aka wildland firefighter. Several years back, they had a forest fire run 50,000 acres in one day, with spotting well over a mile. Brush fires run much faster than forest fires.

[@rickharris5485]

@@rzicc Look at the 0:13 second mark for example. The wind is blowing from left to right, yet the surrounding area of the house on the left is not burned. That tells me whatever ignited the house on the left came from the sky in the form of embers. I just think 100 homeowners with garden hoses could have made a big difference in this particular fire, but they were forced to evacuate.

[@rzicc]

@@rickharris5485 I was there. You’re wrong. I saw people trying. The water would evaporate too fast, and would be useless. Also, the reason for evacuation is now we have to rescue people vs trying to save structures. Wasn’t enough people as it was, and now throw in people needed help cause they didn’t listen. Use your head on this one. Watch the winds. It’s not realistic

[@711yada]

Wow. All my friends...their houses are gone..

[@tommyboy71]

People don’t realize what you guys sacrifice being out there. Number one, you’re breathing in the smoke with all those chemicals in the air. You’re endangering your lives by being in the line of fire, no pun intended, and for the most part, battling a relentless enemy.

[@jreifsnyder2225]

Must be so hard for firemen to watch these homes burn. Kudos to them for saving the structures they could. Need inflammable materials for buildings and homes

[@spiderron1463]

pine trees are still standing green. strange fire... again.

[@johnnyborealis]

it doesn't make sense how this happened, prayers to those folks

[@rzicc]

wind + fire. youre welcome

[@johnnyborealis]

@@rzicc much love to you, ryan

[@jamjardj1974]

Whether it was a downed power line or the barn being set ablaze and left unattended, someone is in a world of shit when the investigation winds up!

[@victorboucher675]

Line was "data" not power.

[@sacredweeds]

Do fire trucks have air scrubbers in them?

[@raymondwandell8880]

Look at 2:30 mark. No wind just many individual homes burning independently. Heated from the inside out kinda like a microwave oven.

[@lydialedbetter2041]

DEW weapons. Government burning people out so they can take the property.

[@brooksanderson2599]

@@lydialedbetter2041 Evidence?

[@gonzo4shur433]

@@brooksanderson2599 evidence? What the hell happened to us.even my little girl asks me why those houses that were burning down the street only had little bitty flames on then but no one was saving them....if she can see something that quickly and that assuredly then maybe I'm just out of touch or dare I say old fashioned but holey loaves of breads and butters this is absurd.

[@brooksanderson2599]

@@gonzo4shur433 High winds, drought-dried prarie grass, burning embers, plus wooden houses are a "perfect combination" for firestorms. My house, here in ´semiarid Northern Mexico, as well as neighbors, are built of concrete and brick, most roofs are ceramic tile. Trees are generlly trimmed yearly, the grass is "crab grass." Éxcept for the USA's disregard of climate change, there is no need to look for dark conspiracies to explain these wildfires.

[@victorboucher675]

@@brooksanderson2599 Wrong question. If you have a better explanation, why not just state it? With the data at hand, this incident is consistent with DEW deployment. Actual motivation for this is unknown, but is consistent as outlined in Agenda 21.

[@Nic7320]

Just sickening.

[@huckwach3074]

@1:58 is that a firefighter on the balcony of that burning house?

[@victorboucher675]

Looked like it.

[@WooBino.]

Colorado homes have any fire requirements for homes? Or do developers just put up matchsticks? They all should get together and sue the developers.

[@rzicc]

sue for what exaclty?!? building houses too close or out of wood!?! sounds pretty dumb doenst it...

[@garynoell7042]

How did all these houses catch on fire

[@Maureen_Schilder]

DEW's ... the "new normal" (domestic terrorism)

[@davidfromamerica1871]

Those fire fighters breathing all that smoke. Did you know there are Cancer-causing carcinogens in the air from all those homes burning.

[@Grunt0369USMC]

built with wood and shingles rather than fire proof block and metal, roof blame the builders. Building codes allowed this, I live in Florida where we have occasional hurricanes and wild fires. Huge apartment blocks are still built of wood as a cost cutting measure and lack sprinklers.

[@romanoguttadauro9563]

The Great Fire Of London September 2 1666 have we not learned anything from history? cheaply constructed wooden houses which I'm sure are not cheap to buy but cheap to construct, what do you expect? it's a sad loss of property and lives a tragic event any way you look at it its a shame, Building codes should change just like in Miami after Hurricane Andrew. God Help them.

[@jimwachsman1636]

Excellent video. So heartbreaking... So could that be called a conflagration?

[@3220fire]

Yes

[@sportsmom165]

Yes, but just because of the damage done. Usually, confligerations are huge burn areas or complex fires.

[@areareeeeay8477]

Modern heroes

[@freshstart4423]

Re register as no party voters and no party candidates moving forward so government officials can focus on their job description.

[@maxsmith695]

I have one hose. Hmm. What to do? Try to put out a house fire, that is 50% engulfed, or wet down the neighbor house ?

[@silvergirl1960]

What's the deal with the person drinking out on the deck of their burning house at 1:55? And you see them again later in the video still on the deck as firefighters are spraying water on them and the deck.

[@gianlucavisentin9908]

Perché costruite tutte case in legno e sempre negli stessi posti?

[@Joy-TheLazyCatLady]

✌🏻💔😢

[@rondean2733]

Not a firefighter he is a fireman

[@lilbo1Y1]

In the old days the whole town would show up with buckets to put out fires. Not anymore.

[@mamalifexo]

😔🙏🏽

[@paulfredrick6429]

Why the houses are made of wood? Are not the Americans paying taxes? Why the US government is not banning wooden houses?