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A lightning bolt may have ignited a fire in a Commerce City assisted living center in which 10 elderly people were displaced, authorities said.
Nine volunteer firefighters rushed to the Madonna Assisted Living Center, 6275 Kearney St., at 7:30 p.m. Friday and fought the smoldering fire in the rafters of the building, Assistant Fire Chief Ellis Howard said.
No one was injured, he said.
Initially, 50 residents were evacuated from the home while the firefighters worked from the inside because of a dangerous electrical storm, Howard said.
The fire damaged two units and residents from eight units had to be moved to another facility, he said.
