DENVER — One person was injured during a fire at the Tortillas Mexico tortilla factory off Santa Fe Drive in Denver Thursday.
The call came in at 5:28 p.m. as thick, dark smoke quickly covered the sky above the factory located at 840 West 11th Avenue.
Firefighters initially said they pulled a “pretty severely injured” person from the building and transported them to Denver Health Medical Center. But a few hours later, the Denver Fire Department said in a tweet that the person self-evacuated and had suffered moderate injuries."
DFD Fire Investigator's starting work at the 2nd Alarm Fire at 840 W. 11th Ave. after fire was extinguished. There are no longer traffic concerns in the area. Update: There was one victim who SELF EVACUATED from building with MODERATE injuries and then was transported by @DHEMSED pic.twitter.com/qUbAy7yP8A
— Denver Fire Dept. (@Denver_Fire) May 11, 2018
It's not clear what type of injury the person had.
Employees told Denver7 that a boiler inside the kitchen exploded and then caught fire.
A spokesperson with Denver Fire said at least 60 firefighters were dispatched to fight the two-alarm blaze.
