ARVADA, Colo. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal house fire in suburban Denver (all times local):
12:25 p.m.
A woman and her adult son have died in a house fire in north suburban Denver.
Firefighters found 95-year-old Lorraine Cowan and 68-year-old Stephen Ringenberg in their house in Arvada early Friday after responding to a report of smoke in the neighborhood.
Ringenberg died at the scene while his mother was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Arvada Fire Protection District Michelle Cherniske told The Denver Post that 95 percent of reports of bad odors don’t lead to fires but firefighters searched the neighborhood until they saw fire and smoke coming from a window in the home.
The fire started in the home’s basement but the cause is under investigation.
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7:15 a.m.
A woman and her adult son have died in a house fire in north suburban Denver.
KDVR-TV reports firefighters removed both victims from a house in Arvada after responding to a report of smoke early Friday.
The son died at the scene while the mother was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Their names and ages haven’t been released.
A neighbor called 911 at 2:50 a.m. to report smelling smoke. Firefighters had to search the neighborhood to find the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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