Tag: Construction Fire
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Denver firefighter hospitalized after blaze north of downtown
A Denver firefighter was taken to the hospital with burns on his back after an under-construction single family dwelling burned Monday afternoon. The fire, which burned near the intersection of 33rd Avenue and Navajo Street just north of Interstate 25, was described as “heavy” in a Monday evening social media post from Denver Fire. The…
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Man arrested for arson in connection with five-alarm Leetsdale fire
Authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of a man in connection with one of the largest fires Denver has seen in decades. Tony Becerra, 38, faces arson charges in relation to a five-alarm fire on Leetsdale Drive that burned and destroyed an under-construction apartment building on Jan. 2, according to a Wednesday news release from the…
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ATF national response team investigating Denver apartment building fire
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms deployed its national response team to investigate a fire that consumed an under construction apartment building in Denver on Friday night. The deployment of the team, which assists local officials in investigating major fires, explosions and bombings, is the fifth activation of the team this fiscal year,…
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Denver apartment fire largest in 30 years, crews to keep working through Sunday
An overnight fire at an under-construction apartment complex in southeast Denver was the largest the city has seen in over three decades, officials said at a Saturday news conference. Robert Murphy, division chief of operations at Denver Fire, said that the five-alarm fire (nearly six-alarm) was the first in Denver during in his 30-year career…