By Nicky Andrews
Colorado Hometown Weekly
BOULDER, Colo. — A total of 102 storage units have reportedly been damaged in a fire that broke out early Monday morning.
According to Boulder police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh, at 1:09 a.m. crews were called to a storage facility in the 5800 block of Arapahoe Avenue on a second-alarm structure fire. Waugh wrote that 14 units were damaged by fire and an additional 88 units were damaged by smoke and fire suppression.
UPDATE 5:33am: firefighters have gotten most of the fire knocked out but there is 1 unit still on fire. Between 12-14 storage units were affected & suffered heavy smoke & fire damage. There are 45 personnel on scene but no injuries to anyone. Arapahoe will likely be closed for… pic.twitter.com/25Lf4Zm2Ka
— Boulder Fire-Rescue (@boulder_fire) August 26, 2024
Waugh wrote in an email that the cause remains under investigation.
According to posts on X by Boulder Fire-Rescue, Arapahoe Avenue between 55th Street and Cherryvale Road was closed due to the fire from about 2 a.m. to about 6:48 a.m. Monday. There were no injuries as a result of the fire, authorities reported.
Waugh said all the units that suffered from fire damage had belongings in them, including one being “packed to the brim.” Of the 88 damaged units, about 20 were empty, the rest had household items and three units had cars, according to Waugh.
Waugh wrote that the storage company is working on notifying the people who owned the units that were damaged.
Boulder Fire-Rescue reported that 45 people were called to the scene.
Working with mutual aid partners
Just before 7 a.m., the department posted that crews could be expected on the scene for a few more hours as they wait for some special equipment to assist with full extinguishment, including a remote-controlled mini dozer to help crews remove items out of the units, a small dozer used to push stuff out of the units, an excavator and a skid steer.
“A lot of the storage units were smoldering so we used the dozer to push through and put the fire out on the other side as part of overhaul. We’re grateful to our colleagues at the city’s Transportation and Utilities departments who brought this special equipment to the scene for us to use,” Waugh wrote.
Assisting agencies included Boulder Fire-Rescue, Louisville and Lafayette fire battalion chiefs and a Mountain View Fire Rescue engine. While crews responded to the fire, Boulder Rural and Mountain View Fire Rescue covered calls in the city.
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