DENVER: 10025 E GIRARD WORKING FIRE IN A MFD DEFENSIVE OPS ONLY NOW ON BULDS 13 AND 14. TEMP IS ABOUT ZERO.
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Fire Causes Evacuations On Very Cold Night
POSTED: 8:24 am MST December 24, 2004
DENVER -- Firefighters worked in subzero temperatures late Thursday night to put out a blaze in two apartment buildings that forced residents from their homes two days before Christmas.
The fire, at the Stone Creek Village in south Denver, started about 8 p.m. in one three-story building. It then spread to another attached building, Denver firefighter Jeff Linville said. No injuries were reported.
"We have the fire under control, but we do have some hotspots still burning," Linville said early Friday morning.
Between 50-65 firefighters fought the blaze in shifts, taking hot drinks and food in between to warm up from the cold of near minus 10-degrees.
"With the amount of water that we're using, it's making the ground very slick, very treacherous for our firefighters," Linville said.
The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross were at the complex to aid the evacuated residents. Linville didn't know how many people or apartments were affected.
A cause had not been determined, he said.
"The two buildings suffered pretty extensive damage so it could be quite a while before investigators get in there to start their investigation," Linville said.
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