Fire officials say six people were hurt when part of a heatg and ventilatn system llapsed at a rort pool Colorado, and two people have been hospalized wh life-threateng juri. Aurora Fire Rcue said there were 50 to 100 guts the pool when the llapse occurred Saturday morng at the Gaylord Rocki rort near Denver Internatnal Airport. Fire Chief Alec Oughton said crews were already at the rort for trag when the llapse happened. An operator who answered the phone at the rort hung up on a reporter who lled seekg ment.
Contents:
- AMONG THE JURED AT GAYLORD ROCKI WAS A FATHER WHO SHIELD SON OM FALLG HVAC DUCT
- ‘THERE WERE KIDS DOWN THERE’: SURVIVOR SCRIB LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI THAT JURED 6
- GAYLORD ROCKI WILL VTIGATE SELF FOR HVAC LLAPSE AT DOOR POOL
- CY OF AURORA SAYS VTIGATN TO HVAC SYSTEM LLAPSE WILL FALL SOLELY ON GAYLORD ROCKI
- CY OF AURORA SAYS WILL NOT VTIGATE THE HVAC LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT
- 6 JURED, 2 SERLY, AFTER DUCT LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI
AMONG THE JURED AT GAYLORD ROCKI WAS A FATHER WHO SHIELD SON OM FALLG HVAC DUCT
Wns rell when metal equipment llapsed at Gaylord Rocki. Several people were jured Saturday at the Gaylord Rocki Rort Aurora after some mechanil equipment llapsed the pool area. "There will be an vtigatn, that'll be all the Gaylord's rponsibily, " Aurora Fire Chief Alec Oughton said at a news nference after the llapse.
Eyewns vio shows rcue crews treatg a victim who was jured after a pool duct llapsed at the Gaylord Rocki Aurora on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
@MarrttBonvoy @GaylordHotels The HVAC system me crashg down on gut the pool area this morng. Not a good day at the Gaylord Denver.
‘THERE WERE KIDS DOWN THERE’: SURVIVOR SCRIB LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI THAT JURED 6
Trevor Spykerman, 12, tells CBS News Colorado what he saw, heard and smelled when an HVAC un llapsed at the Gaylord Rocki Rort on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
GAYLORD ROCKI WILL VTIGATE SELF FOR HVAC LLAPSE AT DOOR POOL
She was not immediately intified and her ndn was not known Heman fay flew back to Hoton after he was able to leave the Gaylord and Kolby Heman said he'd go to a hospal near home to get checked out, as well as brg Levi to a therapist to discs what a news nference outsi the rort, Oughton said the ial ll for a stcture llapse me at 9:50 a. Aurora Fire Chief Alec Oughton addrs reporters at a news nference outsi the Gaylord Rocki Rort after an HVAC llapse jured six people on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
The Gaylord Rocki are vtigatg the cint, as well as the fire 's no addnal threat of llapse, he ntued, and appld his rponrs for a "rapid and effective rponse.
CY OF AURORA SAYS VTIGATN TO HVAC SYSTEM LLAPSE WILL FALL SOLELY ON GAYLORD ROCKI
(KDVR) — A vio showed the aftermath of an HVAC system llapse that jured six people at the Gaylord Rocki Rort and Conventn Center Saturday morng. The Gaylord Rocki released a statement and said was “vastated by this trmatic cint. (KDVR) — The vtigatn to what ed the overhead HVAC system to llapse to a crowd pool area at the Gaylord Rocki Rort and Conventn Center will not clu any ernment vtigators.
In a statement emailed to FOX31, a spokperson for the Gaylord Rocki Rort and Conventn Center said, “We are vastated by this trmatic cint. The spokperson did not rpond to follow-up qutns, cludg who the “appropriate experts” are, but ’s likely the Gaylord will have lots of qutns for RK Mechanil. Gaylord hired Denver pany for HVAC work.
CY OF AURORA SAYS WILL NOT VTIGATE THE HVAC LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT
“RK Mechanil was one of the ntractors that stalled mechanil equipment at the Gaylord Rocki Rort durg s nstctn roughly five years ago, ” the statement reads.
“We are and will ntue to operate wh lol thori, the Gaylord and other ntractors to terme the e of this accint.
In Gaylord accint, black liquid spewed om broken ductwork.
6 JURED, 2 SERLY, AFTER DUCT LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI
The cy of Aurora granted more than 60, 000 spectns to the Gaylord Rocki Rort before the state’s largt hotel and nventn center opened December 2018.
A cy spokperson told FOX31 that once the perms are approved, annual spectns are generally not required, and ’s up to the private owner of the Gaylord Rocki Rort to ensure everythg works properly. Two people have life-threateng juri, thori people were jured, cludg two life-threateng ndn, after an HVAC system llapsed an door pool area at a Colorado rort, thori Aurora Fire Rcue said s rcue team rpond Saturday morng to the Gaylord Rocki Rort suburban Denver "where there is a reported llapse of mechanil equipment the aquatics area.
"Aurora Fire Rcue rponds to Gaylord Rocki Rort Aurora, Colorado, May 6, Fire RcueMultiple 911 llers reported that the HVAC system llapsed si the pool area at the rort, the partment said. About 50 to 100 people were the area at the time, rponrs treated six patients, cludg two wh life-threateng juri, who were all transported to lol hospals, the fire partment Fire Rcue rponds to Gaylord Rocki Rort Aurora, Colorado, May 6, Fire RcueWhile on the scene, the Aurora Fire Rcue's Technil Rcue Team "ensured that their fellow firefighters had a safe environment which to re for patients, " the partment said a statement.