The Dec. 16, 2023 residence development hearth in East Colfax in Aurora that produced a smoke plume seen throughout the Denver space was the most important in Aurora Hearth Rescue’s historical past, the division reported Friday.
It took 5 days and greater than 50 apparatuses to completely extinguish the blaze, and the estimated worth of property losses exceeded $150 million.
Colfax Avenue and Peoria Road are nonetheless closed, division officers mentioned, however the streets will reopen inside the subsequent week as a phased demolition course of began this week.
Hearth officers are nonetheless investigating, so the phased method allows them to analyze whereas clearing particles.
Hearth officers don’t imagine this fireplace is linked to an identical hearth simply two days prior at an residence constructing underneath development in southeast Aurora. That fireside is being investigated as a possible prison act, in response to the division.