Investigation of 5-Alarm Fire Will Require that Hot Spots Be Doused, Scene Be Rendered Safe to Enter

Denver’s worst fire in decades is still smoldering, investigation into cause ongoing

A five-alarm fire that tore through a partially built Denver apartment complex Friday was still burning Monday as investigators worked to uncover the cause of the city’s worst blaze in decades. The fire still burned underneath massive piles of debris at the destroyed apartment complex at 5337 Leetsdale Drive in Denver’s Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood, Denver Fire Department Division Chief Robert Murphy said Monday. The development was pla…

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Investigation of 5-alarm fire will require that hot spots be doused, scene be rendered safe to enter

On Monday, fire crews continued to pour water onto hot spots in what was to be a 283-unit apartment complex along Leetsdale Drive.