One person was injured after a stairwell and exterior balcony collapsed at an apartment building near West 30th Avenue and Vallejo Street in Denver’s Highland neighborhood.
Denver Fire Department crews responded to the building around 12:30 p.m. Monday after callers reported a stairwell and exterior balcony collapsed on a building where the upper floors were under construction, according to the agency.
One construction worker was taken to a hospital in a personal vehicle, and firefighters helped two families on lower floors leave safely. All residents are being relocated to hotels, fire officials said. The number of people displaced was not immediately available.
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