Officials Not Ruling Anything Out In Apartment Complex Fire Investigation
DENVER (CBS4) - Doctors treated several people on Monday who inhaled smoke from an apartment fire in east Denver.
Smoke poured from the apartment complex that burned late Monday afternoon on East Yale Avenue. The complex is known as Reserve at Hunter's Run.
PHOTO GALLERY: Reserve At Hunter's Run Fire
Investigators are working to determine a cause of the fire.
Miguel Adame happened to be driving by at approximately 4 p.m. when the fire started and captured a photo of the flames.
He and others rushed toward the burning building to see if there was anything they could do to help.
"When I was running toward the fire it just -- it didn't blow up, but just the whole thing got out of hand," he said.
Paramedics took seven people to the hospital, including one firefighter from the Cunningham Fire Protection District and four Arapahoe County deputies involved in evacuating the building.
The five emergency responders were treated and released. So far there's no word on the condition of the two other people who were taken to the hospital, but all seven were treated for smoke inhalation and are expected to be okay.
Officials with the American Red Cross are assisting residents who were displaced by the fire.
