AURORA | A massive fire tore through an Aurora apartment building Monday, torching three units and forcing three people to flee via a ladder from a balcony.
Nobody was injured in the blaze, which started around 10:30 a.m. in a unit at the Wentworth Apartments, 11255 E. Alameda Ave.
Aurora fire spokesman Capt. Al Robnett said that initial reports said the blaze started in a first floor unit and spread to apartments on the top two floors.
When crews arrived, there was fire and smoke coming from all three floors, Robnett said.
Crews rescued three people using a ladder from the balcony, Robnett said.
The three damaged units will likely have to be gutted, Robnett said, but it isn’t clear yet how much damage the blaze caused. The cause of the fire is also under investigation, Robnett said.
Wes Watson, 22, who lives across the stairwell from the third-floor unit that burned, said he and his roomate, Delaina Loera, 30, had smelled electrical smoke coming from that unit for a few days. Loera said the smell was so strong in recent days it made her sick.
The pair said they were lucky to get out of the building unharmed with their three pets and Loera’s two children.
Watson said he was surprised nobody was hurt in the blaze.
“We’re really lucky,” he said.
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