Fire investigators and law enforcement officials are trying to determine why and how two people found in burning house died.
The two, likely a man and woman, were found Tuesday night inside a burning home in the 6700 block of West 14th Avenue in Lakewood, said Steve Davis, a Lakewood Police Department spokesman. The fire started about 9 p.m.
Police have not positively identified the victims, but a neighbor said a woman lived in the single-story, brick row house just off Pierce Street.
Paula Hernandez, who lives nearby, said she heard the woman whose home burned arguing with a boyfriend shortly before the fire broke out.
Hernandez said the woman worked on and off as a clerk, waitress and bartender, most recently tending at a nearby bar.
“I feel really bad for her,” Hernandez said.
Hernandez said she felt confident the bodies inside the home were the woman who had lived there and her boyfriend.
When firefighters arrived, flames were coming out of the front of the building, said Micki Trost, a West Metro Fire Protection District spokeswoman.
“Entering the structure, firefighters encountered one deceased individual,” Trost said. “As they put out the flames, there was another deceased individual.”
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
