Colorado Carpenters and other advocates hold rally to demand action after fatal construction fire

The group Colorado Carpenters, the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters and other community advocates rallied together to demand action Friday morning.

The advocates say the fatal fire on March 7, at a construction site could have been prevented.

Denver 7’s Meghan Lopez was there documenting the event.

Angel Esparza from Colorado Carpenters says he has a lot of questions for Vertix Builders and all of the contractors and subcontractors on the project. He says he’s spoken to some employees and heard concerns about this building during construction. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/9r0MVCVu9Z

— Meghan Lopez (@Meghan_Lopez) March 9, 2018 Nina DiSalvo speaking now from Towards Justice. Her nonprofit group of lawyers tries to help protect employees by belong them understand the law and identify workplace violations. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/IaTeZdqaZb

— Meghan Lopez (@Meghan_Lopez) March 9, 2018 Speaking now: Melanie Martinez is the wife of a carpenter. She says she wants a safe work environment for her husband. She started crying as she wrapped up her speech. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/o1pCbsw6iM

— Meghan Lopez (@Meghan_Lopez) March 9, 2018 Mark Thompson says his crews showed up immediately after the fire to try to help. He says a lot of times the companies don’t know how many people or even who is on the construction site. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/U1uLgIYJiQ

— Meghan Lopez (@Meghan_Lopez) March 9, 2018 Happening now: a group of protesters is speaking in front of the construction site that burned down. They are calling for safer practices in the construction industry. They say this tragedy never showed or have happened. @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/jJIa1a883h

— Meghan Lopez (@Meghan_Lopez) March 9, 2018