ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — One person died after a tanker truck crashed and caught fire on S. Santa Fe Drive in Englewood on Monday, according to the Englewood Police Department.
Around 5:23 a.m., officers with the Englewood Police Department responded to the 4900 block of S. Santa Fe Drive, about half a mile north of the W. Belleview Avenue interchange, after receiving reports of a crash with a tanker truck on fire. A Denver7 crew headed to the scene. A large plume of smoke could be seen from miles away.
When officers arrived, the truck was fully engulfed, police said. S. Santa Fe Drive was shut down between W. Belleview Avenue and W. Union Avenue. Some buildings in the area were evacuated as a precaution.
The fire was out by 11:15 a.m…