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Provided by West Metro Fire Rescue
Cardboard boxes placed on a stove that was unintentionally turned on ignited the fire.An accident caused a fire Thursday at a retirement community in Golden that sent one person to a hospital.
A new resident moving into the Applewood Retirement Community, 2445 Youngfield St., placed cardboard boxes on a stove top and unknowingly turned on the burner in the process, according to West Metro Fire Rescue.
A and spread, heavily damaging two units and displacing residents from three units. Firefighters got the flames under control by 5:40 p.m.
The American Red Cross assisted two adults misplaced by the fire.
