1 Found Dead At Denver Construction Site Fire

DENVER, CO -- Denver firefighters found one person dead in ruins of the construction site fire that completely destroyed an apartment building under construction and burned for about 80 minutes in Denver this afternoon at 1833 North Emerson.

Denver Fire spokesman Cap. Greg Pixley said earlier that firefighters were checking the wreckage for two missing people, but that the building was unsafe due to collapsing parts of the structure.

Construction workers were injured "jumping off the second and third floors" and others were injured "trying to catch them," Pixley said earlier. One firefighter was also being treated for minor burns.

The blaze set an adjacent building on fire, and claiming debris ignited the rooftops of six other adjacent structures. Several construction vehicles and about 30 cars caught fire in the parking lot and three fire engines were damaged by the heat. Around 100 firefighters helped to fight the inferno.

Pixley said the building was last inspected by the building department on March 3.

More than 200 people were evacuated from the 1800 block of Emerson and told to gather at an an evacuation center at the St. Charles Recreation Center, 3777 N. Lafayette St.

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