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Photo: Private collection
On Nov. 2, 1961, a two-alarm blaze gutted the interior of the Phipps Auditorium in Denver City Park and smoke from the fire caused damage to the adjacent Museum of Natural History.
Photo: Greeley Fire Department
Firemen drag hose at blaze at Balcom Industries Inc. insecticide plant in Greeley, Colorado, in days before HAZMAT response. Date unknown.
Photo: Museum of Western Colorado via Beacon
On Oct. 2, 1956, a fire and explosion destroyed C&B Tire and Recap at Third Street and Rood Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Firemen drag hose at blaze at Balcom Industries Inc. insecticide plant in Greeley, Colorado, in days before HAZMAT response. Date unknown.
On Oct. 2, 1956, a fire and explosion destroyed C&B Tire and Recap at Third Street and Rood Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Photo: School website
On March 22, 1950, an electrical short triggered a fire at the Colorado School for Deaf and Blind in Colorado Springs. Students rescued a painting of General William Jackson Palmer, the school's benefactor. Firefighters contended with low hydrant pressure.
Photo: Daily Camera photo
On Feb. 9, 1932, high winds fanned a fire at the Boulder County Courthouse. Firefighters from Boulder, Longmont and Denver could do little "but watch the watch the building burn," the Daily Camera reported. The clock tower collapsed. The roof caved. The county's records, nonetheless, survived.
The Masonic Hall Lodge burned in Longmont, Colorado on Feb. 13, 1905.
On Feb. 9, 1932, high winds fanned a fire at the Boulder County Courthouse. Firefighters from Boulder, Longmont and Denver could do little "but watch the watch the building burn," the Daily Camera reported. The clock tower collapsed. The roof caved. The county's records, nonetheless, survived.
The Masonic Hall Lodge burned in Longmont, Colorado on Feb. 13, 1905.
