30 December 2021 around 11:00 AM 911 received the first call reporting a fire at the intersection of Colorado 93 and Marshall Road. Within 15 minutes extremely high winds drove the fire so hard that it was declared out of control. At 11:44 AM the first evacuation was ordered. By 1:00 in the afternoon winds gusting up to 115 miles per hour forced orders of evacuation for tens of thousands of residents of Superior, Louisville, Broomfield, and unincorporated Boulder County. Heavy snowfall the night of December 31st helped put an end to the fire. The evening of January 1st revealed the extent of the damage, 1,084 homes destroyed and 149 homes damaged.
Hope Restored joined the recovery effort by volunteering with Samaritan’s Purse. The primary activity was sifting (personal content recovery). Other activities included removal of downed trees and tarping two severely damaged mobile homes.