Denver (KDVR) – Evidence indicates that the airport fire, which ignited it during the weekend and burned more than 100 acres in Douglas County, was due to a passing train, according to the investigators.
On Sunday afternoon, the firefighters responded to “multiple vegetation fires” along the railway near Louviers. The fire was upgraded to a fire on the ground land in the second land, and after 3 pm, South Metro Fire Rescue asked people in the city to evacuate immediately.
The crews in the air and on the ground have been containing the fire since then.
The evacuation orders were raised at about 7:30 pm on Sunday, after the fire burned about 130 acres and was 90 % content. In the last update on Tuesday, Douglas Sharif County Office said the fire was still 90 %.
On Wednesday, the Douglas Sharif County Office announced that the investigation conducted by the Marshal Office in South Metro rescued fires, found evidence that the fire was “ignited through the activity associated with a transient train.”
Sharif office said in a After x.
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Evidence indicates that the airport fire, which caught on July 13, 2025 and burned more than 100 acres in Douglas County, was caused by a transient train, according to the investigators, according to the Sharif Office. -
Evidence indicates that the airport fire, which caught on July 13, 2025 and burned more than 100 acres in Douglas County, was caused by a transient train, according to the investigators, according to the Sharif Office.
South Metro Fire Resue Fox31 told the video that the video is part of the ongoing investigation and will not be released to the public at this time.
The Sharif office, no other sources of igniting, said that the area of origin is in line with the train path and its timing, and no other sources were found to ignite.