An early morning apartment fire displaced dozens of residents and sent two people to the hospital, according to Aurora Fire Rescue.
Aurora firefighters responded to the apartment blaze in the 700 block of North Dillon Way just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the fire department.
The building was evacuated, and firefighters were forced to withdraw and fight the flames from outside when the fire consumed the attic space shortly after 1:45 a.m., . A “partial structural collapse of the roof was imminent,” officials stated in the release.
Roughly 75 firefighters, paramedics and police officers responded to the fire, according to the department. The flames damaged all three floors of the building and caused the roof to collapse, fire officials said.
Three aerial master streams are in use and portions of the roof have collapsed. Smoke will be visible from the area of I-225 and 6th Ave. as firefighters continue to extinguish the fire. The Red Cross is being called to assist numerous displaced residents.
[Video of the fire]— Aurora Fire Rescue (@AuroraFireDpt)
show fire devouring the roof as heavy smoke pours from the building. Fire engines drop water on the flames from above.
Paramedics took two residents to hospitals for minor smoke inhalation, fire officials said. The fire impacted 24 apartments, displacing roughly 50 residents, according to the department.
Aurora Fire Rescue officials at 2:28 a.m. Tuesday, roughly an hour after the flames first sparked. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
