State House Proposes Bill To Pay Victims of Conifer Fire

Apr 30th @ 3:38 pm in News by Scott Staley

The Colorado State House is expected to hear a bill this after that would create a commission to pay victims of The Conifer fire that killed three people and damaged two dozen homes last month.  The bill is being sponsored by some of the House’s Republicans but is not getting the support of Republican Attorney General John Suthers.  Gov. Hickenlooper also has reservations about this measure which not only would pay restitution to victims but also have the commission hold hearings to investigate how the wildfire got started.    Fire investigators have already pointed out that the Conifer fire grew out of a state prescribed burn that got out of control and they found no criminal wrongdoing concerning the fire.