Thousands of Colorado insurance claims filed in the wake of fires

Charred and contorted metal strips formed a stark barrier around piles of blackened rubble that used to be a two-story ranch style home at 5533 Majestic Drive. These were our beige gutters," said Michael Fender , nudging the metal with his right foot. "I just don’t know ... I don’t know what it is anymore." Fender and his wife lived in the three-bedroom home for 13 years, and on Thursday afternoon began preliminary inspections for what can be a painful and lengthy claims process in the wake of the Waldo Canyon fire. Aerial photographs show their street and a planned neighborhood known as Parkside lost at least 139 of their 178 homes in the blaze.