Denver’s City Park bandstand destroyed by fire overnight
Denver’s iconic City Park bandstand, house of the favored City Park Jazz summer season music collection alongside Ferril Lake, was burned past restore in a fire overnight, fire officers mentioned Thursday.
The fire was reported early Thursday morning and rendered the construction, inbuilt 1929, a “total loss,” City Park Jazz officers mentioned in a put up on Facebook.
Denver Fire Department crews have been referred to as to the fire at 2:40 am and located it absolutely engulfed in flames, Division Chief Robert Murphy mentioned.
Fire investigators are nonetheless sorting by the wreckage to determine what occurred and are “a ways out” from figuring out the trigger, he mentioned.
“Obviously it’s suspicious that it caught on fire in the middle of the night,” Murphy mentioned.
Officials Denver Parks and Recreation didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark in regards to the fire.
Concert organizers are usually not deterred from celebrating the music collection’ fortieth season, City Park Jazz officers mentioned in an announcement.
“The City Park Jazz Board of Directors is already working through our options and we’ll be partnering closely with the city to ensure we can do everything in our power to have this incredible celebration of community again this summer,” officers mentioned Thursday morning.
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