Two people missing, two injured after explosion, fire levels Colorado home
FIRESTONE — Two people are missing and two others were injured after a home exploded and caught fire in a northern Colorado town.
The cause of Monday’s explosion at the home in Firestone, a community of about 10,000 people 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Denver, is still under investigation.
Two people were taken to the hospital in the immediate aftermath.
On Tuesday a spokeswoman for the Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District, Summer Campos, said that two other people were unaccounted for. She said firefighters and investigators will slowly remove the rubble from the house looking for them, a process which could take two days.
Flames burn inside a car as fireman takes in a fan to the house next door. Federick-Firestone FD respond to a report of a house explosion on Twilight Ave on April 17, 2017 in Firestone. There was a report of on person taken to the hospital. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Flames burn inside a car as fireman takes in a fan to the house next door. Federick-Firestone FD respond to a report of a house explosion on Twilight Ave on April 17, 2017 in Firestone. There was a report of on person taken to the hospital. (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)