Fireworks suspected as cause of several small fires
Fireworks were the suspected culprit in a number of small fires across metro Denver in the latter hours of the Fourth of July.
In Aurora, grass fires and a fire at a home located in the 3400 block of South Laredo Court on Monday were believed to have been ignited by fireworks.
In a tweet about the house fire’s cause, South Metro Fire Rescue said it was “likely due to fireworks improperly discarded.”
West Metro Fire said in a tweet Monday that it has “responded to more than a dozen fires today — the majority since 4:30 p.m. — caused by fireworks.”
One of those was a small grass fire near Kipling Street and Alameda Avenue, likely the result of fireworks, according to West Metro Fire.
South Metro Fire Rescue and the Aurora Fire Department both dealt with a brush fire behind the 3800 block of South Himalaya Way. South Metro Fire said via Twitter that winds were making this situation “especially challenging and dangerous.”
South Metro Fire Rescue added that fireworks continued to be fired off in the area “despite the ongoing fire.”
At 8:48 p.m., the fire was completely contained, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.
Witnesses saw aerial fireworks over the Spring Creek Park open space prior to the start of the fire, which began to “rapidly spread” shortly thereafter, officials said.
Rainy conditions throughout the evening likely played a role in curtailing the spread of these fires, all of which have been contained.
LOS ANGELES — Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian were in the mood to hit the open road Monday, nearly a week after the Blink-182 drummer was hospitalized for pancreatitis.
The husband-and-wife duo took to Instagram to share their Fourth of July activities, which included taking an oceanside ride in a topless truck with the reality star’s youngest kids.
The rocker and Kardashian posted a series of Instagram Stories on Monday chronicling the outing and shared a glimpse of Barker — albeit his foot on the gas pedal — as they drove along the coast with Kardashian’s daughter Penelope, 9, and son Reign, 7, in tow.
Kardashian also posted a floral arrangement sent by her mother, “momager” Kris Jenner, and boyfriend Corey Gamble.
The business-as-usual socialmedia updates come two days after the Pda-loving couple released a statement on Barker’s condition, which landed him in the hospital for much of last week.
On Saturday, several days after few official updates from his family and plenty of speculation about his health, Barker, 46, said that he was feeling “much better” after a “life threatening” bout with pancreatitis.
“I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great. But after dinner, I developed excruciating pain and have been hospitalized ever since,” the Blink-182 drummer wrote on Twitter and Instagram.
He added that the endoscopy was meant to remove a small polyp but “damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube” and that he received “intensive treatment” to resolve the inflammation.
It was previously reported that Barker’s pancreatitis was the result of a colonoscopy, rather than an endoscopy, which is a procedure used to visually examine the upper digestive system with a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube,
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Kardashian, who was with Barker throughout the ordeal, also shared a message of gratitude about her husband, whom she married in May in an elaborate ceremony in Portofino, Italy.
“Our health is everything and sometimes we take for granted how quickly it can change,” wrote “The Kardashians” star, the elder sibling of Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian.
“I am so grateful to God for healing my husband, for all of your prayers for him and for us, for the overwhelming outpouring of love and support. I am so touched and appreciative,” she added on Instagram Stories, also thanking the medical team at Cedars-sinai Medical Center. according to the