UPDATE: Must see arrival video & fireground audio: Residents jump at Aurora, CO apartment fire that left two dead and 25 injured. Arson suspected. More video added.
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Our friends at 5280fire.com have posted video (from markclark110 at YouTube) and the fireground audio from an apartment fire around 11:00 last night in the 1700 block of Peoria in Aurora, Colorado that killed two and left 14 25 people injured. The video shows people jumping as firefighters arrive. Here’s some of the description from 5280fire.com of what was Aurora FD’s second fire of the night:
The common interior stairwell was fully involved with fire, forcing all the buildings occupants to escape from their windows. Truck 2 began ladder rescues while Engine’s 2 and 3 battled the flames and made entry. Truck 8 went interior to effect rescues on the 3rd and 4th floors. Engine 1 was assigned as the ems group and set up a triage & transport area at the 7-Eleven nearby. Multiple companies worked several attack lines and battled fire on all floors, bringing the fire under control within 45 minutes.
News reports now confirm what 5280fire.com first reported, that arson is suspected in the fire.
Fire crews say because of the intensity of the flames and the fact the central corridor of the building was consumed, it was difficult or impossible for residents to escape. Witnesses claim they saw a man pouring gasoline in the hallway of the apartment complex shortly before it went up in flames.
Aurora Fire Department spokesman Capt. Allen Robnett says the two people who died were on the 4th floor of the Fitz Apartments at E. 17th Ave. and Peoria St.
Robnett said there were at least 14 people hurt — five had moderate injuries and nine had minor injuries. A number of people jumped to escape the flames.
Firefighters made numerous rescues. Paramedics treated patients for injuries suffered as a result of jumping as well as smoke inhalation.
Capt. Allen Robnett, spokesman for the Aurora Fire Department, said flames were soaring higher than the rooftop of the four-story building when fire crews arrived just after 11 p.m.
“Residents were at the windows and in some cases hanging out of the windows,” he said. “We made numerous ladder rescues.”
He said the two who died were on the fourth floor.
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