Additional 2 dozen plaintiffs sue Xcel over Marshall Fire origin

BOULDER COUNTY — Nearly 30 new plaintiffs have joined the growing list of litigants who are suing  Xcel Energy Inc. over the utility’s alleged role in the origins of the devastating Marshall Fire in late December 2021. 

The plaintiffs, whose group includes a number of unnamed minors, are neighbors in Louisville, many of whom live on or near Eldorado Lane.

The lawsuit comes about three months after Boulder County Sheriff’s Office investigators determined that the Marshall Fire, which killed two people, had two root causes: high winds that uncovered a smoldering, days-old fire at the residence of the Twelve Tribes religious…