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The injuries may have been minor but more detailed information
about those hurt was not yet available, department spokesperson
Capt. Luis Cedillo said.
Another 87 people were displaced. The facility was boarded up
and they would not be going back soon, Cedillo said.
If they do go back, it will be only to pick up personal items
in their apartments, Cedillo said.
Residents would be able to do so only in apartments deemed safe,
he added.
A preliminary investigation indicates a power line was
accidentally struck during construction work, causing the
explosion, the department said.
Resident Barbara Hinchey told KUSA-TV she was sitting in her
chair when the blast shook the room.
I felt the boom, Hinchey said. It rocked my chair, so I knew
when the fire alarm came on that it was real.
Hinchey walked through dense smoke to get out, but said there
was no chaos or screaming.
The American Red Cross of Colorado said in a social media post
that its disaster action team responded and volunteers were
working to find safe temporary housing for displaced residents.
KMGH-TV reported the Red Cross said that as of Wednesday
evening, all residents had been picked up by family members or
moved into temporary housing.
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