Some residents of a condominium complex near the University of Colorado at Boulder are returning home after a fire that gutted the top floor of one of the complex’s buildings.
Meanwhile, residents of about 18 units in the complex, many of them students, remain homeless as fire investigators continue to search for a cause and crews clean up.
“I’ve been told that the investigation could take days,” said Julie Brooks, a Boulder public safety spokeswoman.
The fire began about 7 a.m. Sunday at 2990 Shadow Creek Drive, in the Gold Run complex, and caused part of the roof to collapse. Firefighters went door-to-door to evacuate residents in that building as well as in an adjacent building.
Brooks said the adjacent building suffered little, if any, damage, and those residents would be allowed to return home Monday evening or this morning.
The American Red Cross is working to help residents who were displaced. Though none accepted Red Cross housing assistance, some went to a service center Monday to get help with insurance claims or receive money for food and clothing, said Red Cross spokesman Robert Thompson.
CU put up about 25 students at the university’s Bear Creek Apartments and will continue to provide short-term housing assistance, CU spokeswoman Pauline Hale said.
The university also will open an account at the bookstore to help students who lost their textbooks in the fire, Hale said.
Staff writer John Ingold can be reached at 720-929-0898 or jingold@denverpost.com.
