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Saturday, March 30, 2024

AURORA INFERNOS - 2023


 




Photos: Aurora Fire-Rescue

Aurora, Colorado, was the scene of a pair of construction site infernos in December 2023.

The Dec. 16 blaze (bottom three photos) at East Colfax Avenue and Peoria Street went to five alarms.

It was "the largest in AFR’s history in terms of property loss, amount of fire apparatus used and duration until it was extinguished," according to an official press release.

"A total of 42 units from across the Denver metro area initially responded to the fire, and over 50 apparatus in total were used to fully extinguish the fire over a five-day period," the press release said.

Damage was estimated at $150 million.

The Dec. 14 fire (top two photos) occurred near the 7300-block of South Addison Court and went two three alarms.
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