Medics administered oxygen to several pets rescued from a house fire Tuesday on East 24th Street in Greeley, the fire department said. No humans were injured.
Workers were exposed to chemical fumes Tuesday at the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Jefferson County, a major U.S. Energy Department facility.
"A call to 911 reported a strong chemical odor in one laboratory," West Metro Fire said. "Four to five people were exposed to the chemical but did not need medical treatment.
"West Metro's hazmat team made entry to the lab, and found an obstruction in the lab's ventilation system," the fire service said. "The team cleared the obstruction to get the system working properly again."
The laboratory is located at 15013 Denver West Parkway.
The sheriff's office said. "Five deputies responded to assist as multiple fire departments and a helicopter worked to contain the blaze. Approximately 20 acres burned."
The popular raceway is located northeast of Deer Trail along U.S. Highway 36. No injuries were reported in Tuesday's blaze.
Police are hunting for the driver of a black sedan suspected of shooting and seriously wounding a man in Thornton. The shooting occurred Sunday night in the 200-block of East 120th Avenue.
Fire broke out early Tuesday at the Morningside Retirement Community in Wheat Ridge. "911 callers reported seeing smoke and flames on a patio," West Metro Fire said. No one was hurt. The retirement community is located at 3630 Vance Street.
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A gunman wounded a sheriff's deputy Monday in Baggs, Wyoming, about three miles north of the border with western Colorado.
Carbon County, Wyoming, sheriff's deputies and Wyoming state troopers chased the gunman's truck on Highway 789 and he was found dead after another round of gunfire, the Carbon County Sheriff's Office said.
The wounded deputy was airlifted to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was struck several times. Dispatchers had lost radio contact.
A regional SWAT team from Colorado responded to the shooting as did a member of the Colorado State Patrol.
The Moffat County, Colorado, Sheriff's Office said: "A robotic platform and unmanned aerial systems (drones) were deployed to safely assess the situation. Through those efforts, law enforcement personnel determined that the male suspect was deceased inside the vehicle."
Eugene Elisha, 67, was arrested as a suspect in the kidnapping and violent assault of a teenage girl in Frisco three decades ago, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said.
Bail was set at $2.5 million. The crime occurred in a stairwell at a condominium complex on Feb. 6, 1998.
"Technological advances in DNA allowed investigators to generate new leads from the original DNA profile," CBI said. "Subsequent testing of a DNA sample obtained from Elisha confirmed a match to the evidence collected in 1998."
Bullets flew and knives slashed in a violent weekend across Denver.
A person was shot to death in the vicinity of East Colfax Avenue and North Dahlia Street while two people were injured in a shooting in the 300-block of Santa Fe Drive, police said.
Another person was wounded in a shooting in the 300-block of North Speer Boulevard.
A suspect was arrested after a person was shot and injured in the 4700-block of Airport Way. Police identified the suspect as Davon Morgan, 35.
Two people were hurt in stabbings in the 4100-block North Garfield Street and the 4300-block East 48th Avenue.
UPDATE A motorcycle passenger died Sunday in a crash in Denver - and the operator was arrested for investigation of motor vehicle theft. Police identified the suspect as Mario Flores Ruiz-Esparza, 25. He suffered serious injuries in the crash at Federal Boulevard and West Virginia Avenue.
The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. No other details were released.
In a separate incident, a motorcycle rider was injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday at East 14th Avenue and North Colorado Boulevard in Denver, police said.
"Two civilians were treated for minor injuries, and one individual was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and treatment," officials said. The cause of the fire was under investigation. Earlier Saturday, crews battled a two-alarm fire in The Meadows neighborhood of Castle Rock, near Clear Sky Elementary School. No injuries were reported. Two cats were rescued. [Photo: Castle Rock Fire]
Prosecutors charged Gretchen Leanne Ryan of Arvada with second-degree murder in the alcoholism death of her teenage daughter.
The suspect was booked into the Jefferson County Jail and held on a $500,000 cash-only bond. The girl, 16, was pronounced dead at a home in the 6400-block of West 85th Avenue on March 9. She was unenrolled from her public high school last year.
An autopsy "revealed the victim had an abnormally fatty liver for someone of her age," a sign of extensive and prolonged drinking, prosecutors said, and "digital evidence showed that Ryan and the victim frequently consumed alcohol and marijuana together."
"During a search of the victim’s bedroom, detectives located 173 empty alcohol bottles concealed under the bed and in the closet, including various brands and sizes of vodka and other hard liquor," prosecutors said.
If you have information, contact the Colorado State Patrol (303) 239-4501 and reference case VC260161.
[Photo: Colorado State Patrol]
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A pedestrian was struck and killed on southbound E-470 in Aurora during the Thursday morning rush hour.
Southbound lanes were closed to traffic. The accident occurred at 38th Avenue, according to Aurora police.
"An initial investigation has revealed an adult male pedestrian walked in front of a southbound Chevrolet truck and was hit," police said. "The pedestrian was pronounced deceased on scene."
He was 34.
Boxes of nails and screws spilled from a semi-truck in Jefferson County, flattening tires and dinging dozens of vehicles, the Colorado State Patrol said Wednesday.
"Troopers were able to stop the vehicle and contact the driver who spilled the boxes onto the roadway, as well as five other vehicles that remained at the scene with damaged tires," the patrol said of Tuesday's mishap on westbound Highway 285 near Morrison.
Troopers also fielded calls from more than 50 drivers "whose vehicles were affected," the patrol said.
No injuries were reported and the Colorado Department of Transportation swept the pavement. "The driver of the semi-truck fully cooperated with the investigation," the patrol said.
[Photo: Colorado Springs Fire]
UPDATE An auto theft suspect was shot Tuesday by a state trooper and an Adams County sheriff's deputy in Denver. The male suspect, driving a truck stolen from eastern Adams County, was tracked to a Sinclair service station at North Santa Fe Drive and West 6th Avenue, said Matthew Packard, chief of the state patrol. Preliminary evidence indicates he opened fire on the trooper and deputy from inside the station. The truck was equipped with a tracking device. The suspect, age 35, was reported in stable condition at hospital. There were no other injuries.
[Photo: Denver Zoo]
In Denver, firefighters battled a blaze in an apartment building in the 2900-block of South Federal Boulevard. No one was hurt. Monday's fire was contained to one apartment.
[Photo: Denver Fire]
