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A five-alarm fire at an Aurora apartment building under construction has closed the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Peoria Street, with smoke visible across the metro area. This is the second large fire at an Aurora apartment construction site in three days. No other buildings were damaged, and the cause of the fires is currently under investigation.
An apartment building under construction in Las Vegas caught fire on Tuesday, June 20, and flared back up again on Thursday morning. The building, which was being developed by TRU Development, was declared a total loss by the Clark County Fire Department. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but initial reports suggest it may have started on the roof. The complex was set to house over 600 local families.
Two workers were killed in a massive construction fire in the upscale South Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. The fire started in a trailer used to spray insulation into the building's walls, and firefighters were unable to reach the victims before the flames became too intense. At least two small crews of firefighters had to make mayday calls and be rescued from the fast-moving blaze. The firefighters did rescue 15 workers inside the building, including the crane operator.
One man, Demonte Sherrill, was killed in a massive fire that broke out at a construction site in Charlotte, North Carolina. The fire engulfed an apartment building that was under construction, and more than 90 firefighters were called to extinguish the fire. Fifteen workers were rescued, but two are still unaccounted for. Firefighters are now working to extinguish hotspots, but the building is still too hot and unstable to determine the cause of the fire.