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
- GAYLORD ROCKI WILL VTIGATE SELF FOR HVAC LLAPSE AT DOOR POOL
- SIX PEOPLE JURED AFTER MECHANIL EQUIPMENT LLAPS POOL AT GAYLORD RORT AURORA
- WHAT HAPPENED AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT? POOL LLAPSE CINT EXPLAED
- 6 PEOPLE HURT — 2 CRILLY — LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT POOL AURORA
- DEVASTATN GAYLORD: A TIMELE OF THE MAY 2022 TORNADO
AMONG THE JURED AT GAYLORD ROCKI WAS A FATHER WHO SHIELD SON OM FALLG HVAC DUCT
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. * gaylord pool collapse *
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.
GAYLORD ROCKI WILL VTIGATE SELF FOR HVAC LLAPSE AT DOOR POOL
@MarrttBonvoy @GaylordHotels The HVAC system me crashg down on gut the pool area this morng.
SIX PEOPLE JURED AFTER MECHANIL EQUIPMENT LLAPS POOL AT GAYLORD RORT AURORA
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. (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.
WHAT HAPPENED AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT? POOL LLAPSE CINT EXPLAED
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.
6 PEOPLE HURT — 2 CRILLY — LLAPSE AT GAYLORD ROCKI RORT POOL AURORA
In Gaylord accint, black liquid spewed om broken ductwork. 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.
Crews om Aurora Fire Rcue rpond to the Gaylord Rocki Rort Saturday morng after a report of juri followg a llapse of mechanil equipment the pool area. — 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 six people jured the cint were transported to lol hospals for treatment.
DEVASTATN GAYLORD: A TIMELE OF THE MAY 2022 TORNADO
At the 1000-room Gaylord Rocki Rort and Conventn Center, 6700 North Gaylord Rocki Boulevard.
Six people jured after mechanil equipment llaps pool at Gaylord Rort Aurora. Aurora Fire Rcue said Marrtt Internatnal, the pany that owns Gaylord Hotels, will be rponsible for vtigatg the e of the llapse.
Movg forward, we are foced on helpg our affected guts and associat, and we are workg wh the appropriate experts to nduct a thorough vtigatn, " the Gaylord Rocki statement read.