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Retired elementary school teacher Laura Nasiatka didn't have enough time to grab her social security card and other important documents before she fled the Marshall Fire in Louisville.

President Joe Biden set out Friday to comfort Colorado residents grappling with rebuilding homes and businesses that were destroyed last week by a rare wind-whipped, winter fire that burned through a pair of heavily populated suburbs between Denver and Boulder.

It has been one week today since the Marshall Fire ignited in Boulder County, ripping through more than 6,000 acres and destroying around 1,000 homes and other structures. Residents and public officials of Louisville and Superior are reeling, but starting to talk about what recovery will look like.

Updated at 5:11 p.m. — Investigators looking for one of two people missing after a destructive Colorado wildfire have found partial human remains in an area near the suspected origin of the blaze. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday investigators located the partial remains of an adult in the Marshall area south of Boulder. Authorities are conducting a separate search for a person reported missing in the hard-hit community of Superior.

Many students and their families in the Boulder Valley School District are dealing with the aftermath of the Marshall Fire. The district plans to reopen schools on Wednesday following their winter break, less than a week from the start of the disastrous event. Their focus will not be on academics, but on supporting students living in the affected communities.

The wildland-urban interface — where structures built by people meet undeveloped wildland prone to fire — has always been the foothills along the Front Range. But Thursday's fire sparked next to thousands of houses that have sprouted up on the east side of the Rockies since the 1990s, said Jennifer Balch, a fire scientist with the University of Colorado Boulder.

The Marshall Fire that erupted in Boulder County on Thursday quickly became the most destructive in state history. Officials estimate nearly 1,000 structures have been destroyed. It was a rare occurrence for December in Colorado, but many experts say similar events will become more common, fueled by extreme climate conditions.

The Boulder County Disaster Assistance Center will help those who lost homes or were displaced due to the Marshall Fire by getting them immediate financial and food assistance, filing claims for lost property, connecting with mental health support and more.

Investigators looking for the cause of the Boulder County wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes have narrowed their search to the sparsely populated Marshall Mesa area where a passer-by captured video of a burning shed on the day the fire began, authorities said.

The missing persons toll has dropped after one person was found alive. Residents who escaped the flames that destroyed some 1,000 homes returned to sort through what was left.