LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Marshall Fire victims are mourning the death of a construction worker who was helping to rebuild a Louisville home destroyed in the wind-swept inferno.
It's the third death associated with the 2021 blaze. Two people died in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire, which struck Dec. 30, 2021 and claimed 1,084 homes.
Louisville Interim Police Chief Jeff Fisher told The Denver Gazette that police and the Louisville Fire District got the call Saturday that the man had died while on the job in the 300th block of Troon Court.
The Boulder County Coroner's office Wednesday identified the victim as 40-year-old Eli Gabriella.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Fisher. “Any time there’s a loss of life it’s a tragedy, but for someone to lose his life working in area where our community has lost so much makes it doubly sad.”
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