1st confirmed casualty of devastating Colorado wildfire identified

Officials have identified one of two people missing after a devastating wildfire in Colorado.

Officials have identified the first confirmed casualty of a devastating wildfire in Colorado.

Partial human remains found Wednesday at a home in unincorporated Boulder County destroyed by the Marshall Fire have been identified as Robert Sharpe, 69, "based on DNA analysis and scene circumstances," the Boulder County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Friday.

The cause and manner of death are still under investigation, the coroner's office said.

Sharpe was one of two people reported missing in the wake of the wind-fueled wildfire, which began Dec. 30 and forced 35,000 people to evacuate homes across Louisville, Superior and unincorporated Boulder County.