Nobody injured in 3-alarm fire at construction site for new apartments in Denver

DENVER — A three-alarm fire at a construction site for a Denver apartment complex forced evacuations for nearby residents on Friday evening, officials said, adding that nobody was injured in this blaze.

A public information officer with the Denver Fire Department told Denver7 that about 100 firefighters are currently at the blaze, which fully engulfed a three-story apartment complex that was under construction.

Firefighters began evacuations for nearby homes. Those evacuation orders are no longer in place.

Denver7’s news helicopter flew over the scene on Friday night. Below is a sped-up timelapse of what we saw.

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Nobody has been injured, the fire department said.

Leetsdale Drive is closed in both directions, according to the Denver Police Department.

Viewers sent in the below videos, which show the initial blaze off of Leetsdale Drive.

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Denver7’s Claire Lavezzorio went to the scene and spoke with families in the neighborhood, who said power was turned off and firefighters knocked on their doors telling them to evacuate.

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Resident Sean Horan said he walked out of his neighbors’ house to see a small orange glow. Just a few minutes later, he said he saw flames that he estimated were 150 feet tall when compared to trees near the burning structure.

“Now we’re not sure if we can even get back to our houses,” added neighbor Michael Weiss. “The whole street is barricaded off… It’s really, really scary.”

Horan said a large apartment complex was under construction in the area, and he suspected that was what had caught fire.

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He said it did not look like it had spread to any trees in the area.

“Waiting out here, looking at this, is pretty depressing,” Weiss said, glancing at the blaze.

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The cause of the fire is unknown.

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