Marshall Fire KO'd Key Fire Truck; ‘Would Have Been Helpful,' Says Chief

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

LOUISVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – In the early hours of the Marshall Fire, the embers and smoke knocked one of the Louisville Fire Protection District’s ladder trucks out of commission.

“The engine sucked up smoke and embers,” said Fire Chief John Willson. “It melted the air filter and caused the truck to die.”

The reserve ladder truck had been involved in the firefight on Dec. 30 for about one to two hours before it died at an intersection near the flames.

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