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Apartment building catches fire in southeast Denver on Hampden Avenue, 1 person taken to hospital

A two-alarm fire heavily damaged an apartment building in southeast Denver on Wednesday afternoon. One person was injured and taken to the hospital.

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It started sometime after 2 p.m. at 8525 East Hampden Avenue, and flames could be seen coming from the building's roof. The Denver Fire Department said firefighters found heavy fire when they arrived.

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Hampden Avenue was shut down from Yosemite Street to Verbena Street due to the firefight, Denver police wrote in a social media post.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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