Officials share update on Denver apartment building fire

Federal agencies assisting in investigation of massive complex fire

Denver Fire, alongside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with their National Response Team division, are working to get to the bottom of what caused a massive fire to erupt Friday in an unoccupied apartment building on Leetsdale Drive.

Federal officials join Denver crews on Leetsdale Drive fire investigation

The five-alarm fire sparked Friday night and tore through a still-under-construction luxury apartment complex on Leetsdale Drive in Denver.

Officials share update on Denver apartment building fire

The Denver Fire Department is holding a news conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday to provide information about the five-alarm fire that sparked Friday night.

Fire roars through Texas developer’s construction site along Leetsdale

Firefighters continue to work the scene of an overnight construction site fire Jan. 3, 2026, on Leetsdale Drive, between South Forest Street and South Hudson Street in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post) It was a rough start to the year for Embrey Partners. Late Friday, the San Antonio-based firm’s construction site along Leetsdale Drive in Denver caught fire. Much of the Harker Heights apartment project, which plans show was to have 283 uni…