6 people hurt — 2 crilly — llapse at Gaylord Rocki rort pool Aurora

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Six people were hospalized, two wh life-threateng juri, when part of a heatg and ventilatn system crashed down upon a pool ck at the Gaylord Rocki Rort Saturday morng.

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GAYLORD ROCKI WILL VTIGATE SELF FOR HVAC LLAPSE AT DOOR POOL

(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. “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.

AMONG THE JURED AT GAYLORD ROCKI WAS A FATHER WHO SHIELD SON OM FALLG HVAC DUCT

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. Lol time to the Gaylord Rocki Rort and Conventn Center near the Denver Internatnal Airport when multiple people lled about the llapse, AFR said a news spokwoman Sherri-Jo Stowell said the HVAC system, which was mounted on the ceilg, vered nearly the entire area of the pool.

"We are vastated by this trmatic cint, ” the Gaylord Rocki rort told USA TODAY.

6 PEOPLE HURT — 2 CRILLY — LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT POOL AURORA

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.

WHAT HAPPENED AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT? POOL LLAPSE CINT EXPLAED

"A Gaylord Rocki Rort spokperson referred any qutns to the Aurora fire partment amid the vtigatn. Gaylord Hotels is a Marrtt Internatnal is a velopg story. 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.

SIX PEOPLE JURED AFTER MECHANIL EQUIPMENT LLAPS POOL AT GAYLORD RORT AURORA

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.

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. 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.

HVAC SYSTEM COLLAPS OVER POOL AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT COLORADO

Six people were hurt, two wh life-threateng juri, an cint at Gaylord Rocki Rort on Saturday morng.

Gaylord Rocki Blvd., where mechanil equipment — part of the HVAC system — llapsed to an door swimmg pool area, acrdg to a fire partment news release. 16 were trag stairwells at the Gaylord property, the fire partment said, allowg paramedics and EMT’s to rpond quickly to the pool.

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