Authorities stated a minimum of 6 individuals were hurt at the Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora, Colorado, on Saturday when a mechanical structure collapsed in the indoor swimming pool location.
At 9: 50 a.m. regional time, the Aurora Fire Department got a call “for a structural collapse at the Gaylord in the swimming pool location,” Chief Alec Oughton stated at a press conference Saturday afternoon.
The fire department had individuals on website for training at the time, the chief stated, and had the ability to get to the indoor swimming pool rapidly. Members of the department’s Technical Rescue Team who concentrate on collapsed structures were likewise sent out to the hotel, the fire department stated in a press release.
About 50 to 100 individuals were at the swimming pool at the time, and it appeared that part of the HVAC system had actually fallen, the chief stated. The fire department carried 2 individuals from the occurrence with crucial injuries to city medical facilities, he stated, and another 4 with non-life-threatening injuries.
Our Technical Rescue Team is enroute to the Gaylord Rockies where there is a reported collapse of mechanical devices in the aquatics location. Injuries are reported.
A public info officer is headed to the scene. Media are asked to remain off personal property. #AFRIncident pic.twitter.com/osTQ8XB4N3
— Aurora Fire Rescue (@AuroraFireDpt) May 6, 2023
A witness informed CBS News Colorado somebody pulled a smoke detector and the hotel was left. The witness stated the devices that collapsed onto the swimming pool deck seemed a duct. The witness stated they saw a kid being dealt with on the swimming pool deck after the collapse.
The hotel referred ask for remark to the Aurora Fire Department.
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