Palisade apartment building explodes, one person confirmed dead [Video]

PALISADE, Colo. (KKCO) – The Palisade Fire and Police Departments confirmed Friday afternoon that one person was killed after an explosion ripped through a six unit apartment building in downtown Palisade. The building was deemed a “complete and total loss,” according to officials.

The identity of the person killed in the explosion has not been released by first responders. The Mesa County Coroner’s Office is expected to release the identity of the person killed, as well as the person’s cause and manner of death.

Until then, the investigation remains ongoing.

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PALISADE, Colo. (KKCO) – Sirens cut across the peach orchards Friday morning as firefighters raced to a blaze at an apartment in downtown Palisade. Firefighters arrived around 7:15 in the morning to find that the entire building had been engulfed by the blaze.

Some residents were injured by the blaze, but …