sunrises here. because of the hazardous material and continued recovery missions that is why we are on the move. police had us move out of that particularly damaged louisville neighborhood, that s why i m joining us on the phone. at 1600 acres the marshall fire is actually a relatively small fire, but it is absolutely devastating. we are not in a sparsely-populated region, remember, we are less than an hour outside of denver. we are in suburbia. so when flames come through here, specifically wind-powered flames, they are wiping out entire subdivisions, shopping complexes, obliterated, as you mentioned, roughly nearly 600 homes incinerated in boulder county here. the state s most destructive fire in terms of homes damaged ever recorded. and why we re seeing such an incredible pace that you talked about moving, burning through the length of a football field within seconds, it s the result of a dangerous combination between those whipping winds,
recovery now? good morning, lindsay. just a sobering development in the aftermath of the monstrous fire, and as you mentioned authorities searching for three people and fear the worst. they believe the search missions will turn into the recovery missions, and they will bring out cadaver dogs at some point this morning. while the snow helped to extinguish the fire, it s complicating the search process. you think about it and they are having to parse through already rubble and smoldering hot spots, and now on top of that eight inches of snow all the while families waited with bated breath trying to learn the fate of their loved ones. how is the investigation going into how the fire started? they said there were downed power lines and then walked that back. what is the latest?
investigation? reporter: hey, there, still a lot of unanswered questions at this point, perhaps no one waiting more so with bated breath than the families of the three people who are missing. and really just a sobering development, taking a turn this weekend. authorities say they believe these search missions will turn into recovery missions, announcing they re going to be releasing cadaver dogs at some point this morning. and you can imagine how complicated this process is. not only are authorities having to parse through rubble, now they re having to deal with hot spots. we currently have three reported missing people. two in the area of superior, and one in the marshall area. we unfortunately believe these are going to turn into recovery cases. we re calling in cadaver dogs and search teams to help us with
tornadoes struck. the white house has not outlined a timeline for a presidential visit, but biden says he does not want to travel to the region until it reaches the moment where a presidential visit would not strain resources that are going towards rescue and recovery missions that are under way. on sunday, top white house officials did travel to the region, including department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and fema administrator dee yan chriswell to see firsthand the devastation and talk about the federal efforts that are under way. take a listen. i want to make it perfectly clear that we are here physically today but we will be here tomorrow and the days, weeks and months ahead until the recovery is complete. in a time like this, it is a time to come together. and that is indeed what we have done, federal, state and local
government as these states start their rescue and recovery missions right now. he noted that just a few hours ago, he approved kentucky s request for an emergency declaration. he said he would be ready to approve similar requests if other states that were impacted by these tornados requested a similar request as well. the president said that he and the first lady were praying for these families. he has directed fema to provide housing assistance to those that have been displaced by this storm. he also said that he would be willing to go and visit some of the areas that were impacted, but that he did not want his presence there to be a burden to these communities as they still try and find more missing people, yasmin. all right, wendy, let s bring you into the conversation. you re on the ground in mayfield. you ve been seeing that devastation firsthand. i believe you re still in front of the candle factory, we heard the governor talking about the people, the lives that have been