Tag: Fire Investigation
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Colorado boosts funding to bolster fire investigation, identify cause of more fires across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Investigators have never found the causes of some of the largest and most destructive fires in Colorado history, including the Black Forest fire, a trend state officials hope to change with more staff. Finding the cigarettes, shell casings or other telltale signs of a fire’s…
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Longmont fire damages business, residential complex
Fire crews extinguished a fire on the ground floor of a business and housing complex in Longmont Monday night, according to a news release from Longmont Public Safety. Longmont Public Safety Fire Services crews responded to a fire alarm at 2020 Lonosphere St. in the South Longmont Prospect neighborhood at 7:06 p.m. Monday, according to…
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Cause of Marshall fire under investigation as Twelve Tribes religious sect and community wait
Law enforcement vehicles have barricaded a 5-acre compound west of Boulder for days, but officials have not said what they are doing there. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle has said the 6,026-acre Marshall fire started in an area of unincorporated Boulder County near the compound at 5300 Eldorado Springs Drive. There is video of a…
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Police seek arson suspect in Westminster apartment building fire
The Westminster Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding an arson suspect who set fire to an apartment building last month. Police said the arson happened on Sept. 24 at the Park Place Apartments at 9017 N. Federal Blvd. The fire caused extensive structural damage to the building and displaced 70 people…
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Early-morning fire destroys 2 apartments, unfinished house in West Colfax
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A house under construction in West Colfax caught fire early Monday morning, leading to the destruction of the house and two nearby apartments. The Denver Fire Department said the fire started just after 3:45 a.m. at 1395 Xavier St., near 14th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard. The house was unfinished and was being constructed in recent…