DENVER (KDVR) — The 87 residents displaced from the Robert Russell Eastern Star Masonic Campus in early March will not return to the facility, as the board of trustees has opted to look into selling the property.
On March 12, an explosion was reported at the assisted living center located near East Harvard Avenue and South Quebec Street. The Denver Fire Department reported that construction work at the campus led to a transformer fire and explosion. While crews were working, they struck a power line by accident, which led to the “explosion and subsequent transformer fire.”
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Ten people were evaluated for injuries, and eight of those people were transported to a hospital, the fire department later said. Of those, four people were discharged the same day and three were still hospitalized as of March 14, but in good condition. Another six people were not in need of emergency care, but needed assistance from the hospital to find long-term care facilities.
On Tuesday, the campus announced that the Board of Trustees, “after long and painful consideration and many prayers has reluctantly agreed to explore the potential sale of the campus.”
“While we have stated we needed to determine where facts would lead us, it is becoming more apparent that with the preliminary information being developed it is not economically sound judgement to move forward. We are just beginning this process and do not have a timeline at this time, or what the potential sale would look like,” the facility posted to Facebook…