One person sustained serious injuries and their Aurora apartment unit received “heavy damage” after a fire in the 14000 block of East Mississippi Place on Sunday morning, according to Aurora Fire Rescue.
The fire was reported just before 6 a.m., prompting a response from 17 units from Aurora Fire Rescue and Falck Rocky Mountain, AFR said.
The initial 911 call indicated that a person was trapped inside the unit. The first unit on the scene reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming out of the front door. Firefighters got water on the fire, which was seen in the kitchen, living room, and hallway. Two firefighters went through the front door and two others went through a window, looking for the trapped resident, battling intense heat and low visibility.
Those crews found the person inside and removed them through the same window that two of the firefighters had entered. That resident, who has not been identified, was taken to a local emergency room with serious injuries, which AFR called “yellow status.”…