Cañon City firefighters combatting structure fire on 5th Street, asking public to avoid area
CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – UPDATE: The Cañon City Area Fire Protection District says the fire has been extinguished, as of 3:30 p.m.
Crews are still on scene mopping up, and ask that drivers continue to avoid the area in the meantime.
ORIGINAL REPORTING: Cañon City officials are on the scene of a structure fire on North 5th Street, the Cañon City Police Department (CCPD) reports.
CCPD said its officers and firefighters with the Canon City Area Fire Protection District and Canon City Police Department responded to a fire at around 1:45 p.m. on May 23 in the area of North 5th Street and Phay Avenue, a residential area just east of Highway 50.
CPPD is urging the public to avoid the area and find other routes in the meantime as crews work to combat the fire.
This is a developing story and may be updated as we learn more.
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