DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver mom came back from dropping her daughter off at school to her house on fire. She shared her grief and gratitude with FOX31 after firefighters put out the flames.
Shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, the Denver Fire Department was alerted to a fire at home near Colorado Boulevard and Colfax Avenue.
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“I’m seeing firetrucks and I thought it was kind of odd on the side of town,”’ Raven Mendez said. “I pull in the back and my neighbor who actually went into my home to start putting out the fire with a garden hose was in the back window, and he said, ‘go get the dogs,’ and he’s in our bedroom window.”
Raven Mendez walked FOX31 through the moments of coming home from school drop off to discover a fire in her home…