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Three Injured in Arvada House Fire
Cause Under Investigation
POSTED: 2:30 am MST February 28, 2008
UPDATED: 5:16 am MST February 28, 2008
ARVADA, Colo. -- Investigators in Arvada are trying to determine the cause of a fire that sent a woman and two firefighters to area hospitals.The first calls to 911 came in around 11:18 p.m. Wednesday.When crews arrived at 68th Avenue and Lamar Street, a woman was leaning out of an upper floor window at the front of the home.
"Heavy smoke and flames were coming from the rear of the home, " said Scott Pribble, the public information officer for the Arvada Fire Protection District.The woman was brought down a ladder to safety and transported to St. Anthony’s Central Hospital. Her name and condition were not known.There were reports that there may have been a second person home at the time of the fire, but multiple searches turned up no signs of the person.A total of 10 fire vehicles and 30 firefighters responded to put out the blaze. Two firefighters were transported to Lutheran Medical Center with minor injuries.
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