Denver 4th Alarm 12/15/13

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Around midnight Denver Firefighters were dispatched to multiple reports of a building fire in the 800 block of South Cherry Street.  Engine Co. 5 is housed nearby and could see heavy fire in the air on the way in.  When they arrived a 5 story wood frame, apartment building under construction was already fully involved.  A 2nd Alarm was immediately requested as exposures were becoming involved.

 

Witness video shows just how intense the flames and heat were...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-fsuANUd...e=youtu.be

 

I live 16 miles away in southeast Aurora and could see not only the glow, but flames from my house.  Here's a shot taken by my wife as we left the neighborhood.  A 3rd Alarm had been struck at this point and it was followed by a special call for 2 Engines & 1 Truck.  When it was all said and done a 4th Alarm equivalent was on scene.

   

 

I had my dash cam rolling and it shows fairly well what we could see, I included a short segment of it.  You can Aurora dispatching a structure fire in the background and it was one of four reported that were actually 911 callers seeing the Glendale fire several miles away.  Not sure why the date and time got messed up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87ZR9KxO...e=youtu.be

 

First shot walking up...