We are following breaking news this hour.
We mentioned it that S Parker Rd.
Between Florida and Mississippi
closure and those impacts.
At least one person was
rescued from that fire.
It's an apartment complex
in Arapahoe County. Delisa
Rosari joins us live from the scene
in Jalisa. You just got an update
minutes ago and the people evacuated.
Yeah, we got an update on numbers here.
8 evaluated on scene.
They initially had set six,
but they brought that number up to
8 and one person was transported
with minor smoke inhalation.
No firefighters were injured at this,
but there is still a very
active scene right now.
Let me step out of the shot
and and give you a view.
Firefighters have been coming
in and out of the building.
We should preface this
fire has been contained.
So they're right now doing the cleanup
process and as well as probably
starting the investigation process,
but sadness.
Tells us this started at 5:30.
It had started on the 1st floor
of this building and did have
some extension to the second and
third floor through the walls.
They say there is heavy
smoke conditions inside.
Residents will find out later
today if they are able to
make it back to their homes.
But we did catch up with one
resident who tells us this is not
the first fire in this building,
he says.
A few months ago a fire started
on the other side of the building
and he says those residents
still have not been able to
get back in their homes.
Here's what he
had. It's a nightmare the the fact that
I was supposed to wake up and go to work,
and now everything I own is trapped
in that apartment and I all I have is
hope that I'm going to be in there
by later tonight to acquire important
documents or things that I need.
Not cold has definitely
been a challenge here.
The parking lot is now an ice skating rink.
Given the fact that there is so much
water that was used in this fire,
fire crews are actually putting out
some deicer or ice melt I should say,
to make sure that these residents who
are coming by are trying to do so safely.
We have seen a number of residents
come in and out a little bit,
so it looks like they're at least letting
some of them get some of their belongings
as this investigation continues on.
We should also add that there
were two rescues in this instance,
apparently a sheriff's.
Beauty actually rescued one person
right at the start of the fire,
the first crew on scene.
And then there was a ladder rescue as well.
Again, expect to see emergency vehicles
out here for a long time today as
they investigate the situation.
Cory and Erica,
yeah, we just saw Sky 9 leaving the scene,
but just moments ago,
it was still quite a scene there
with a lot of fire trucks and lights.
And as you can see,
still a lot of firefighters there.
So it's going to be like that for a while.
Jolisa, thank you so much for the update.
This is a new era in Broncos country.
The team officially has a new coach with Sean
Payton. So many people have
already been sharing their
reactions with us this morning.
You can see them here.
People are excited about this new change.
We are too. Now news reporter
Darius Johnson joins us live
from Empower field this hour.
Darius reaction been pouring
in from fans. Yep,
reaction slowly pouring in just because
another Peyton is coming to town.
A lot of hope and a lot of
excitement that this will kick off,
hopefully a potentially better new season.
For the last 60 years,
Louisa Vanschoick has been cheering on
the Broncos, throwing watch parties
regardless of how bad they are.
Over the years,
she's collected a lot of memorabilia
showing her love for the Broncos.
She can. She can't even count the
hours of games that she's watched.
I can tell you that.
She couldn't even hold back her
excitement once her son called to
say Sean Payton is coming to town.
We finally,
finally
got a coach that has experience.
I think that he's a strong coach.
I think he's going to get everybody
down where they should be,
not one better than the other.
I think he's gonna do that,
and I think that's what the Broncos need.
They got to get that thing together.
So again, there was a lot of excitement
just last year about Nathaniel
Hackett and Russell Wilson. Of course,
a lot of failed spirits after that.
But many people are hoping that
Peyton will reignite the flames
into the Broncos. Back to you.
We think he will hopefully gets
butts in the seats because we
saw that there were a lot of
people that weren't showing up,
a lot of season ticket holders.
And then if they were,
the tickets were really inexpensive.
Yeah. So let's see what happens.
I mean, the fans are resilient, so I'm
sure they're gonna show up regardless.
Yeah, Broncos country is strong.
I must say, Darius, thank you.
Peyton spent the last year as a
studio analyst for Fox Sports.
He spent 15 years as the Saints head
coach and was coach of the Year in 2006.
He was suspended for the 2012 season
for the scandal known as Bounty Gate,
where the Saints were accused of paying
out prizes for injuring opposing players.
Of course, we will be following
this story throughout the day
and all of the offseason.
You can stay up to date.
On the newest information as it happens,
by downloading our Free 9
news app today, the Federal
Reserve is expected to make its
eighth rate hike since last March.
Economists expect the Fed will
hike rates by 1/4 of a percent.
It's a slowdown from the last
increase of half a percent.
The producer Price index fell 1/2
a percentage point in December,
while retail sales were off
by a little more than 1%.
Both indicate that Fed hikes
are pulling down inflation and
slowing down consumer demand
happening today. Tyree Nichols's family.
Is preparing for his funeral in Memphis.
Nichols was killed after he was
beaten by 5 police officers.
Those officers are now
charged with his murder.
Today his family is focusing
on remembering his life.
Vice President Kamala Harris will
be at the funeral today and civil
rights activist and Reverend Al
Sharpton is giving the eulogy.
Reverend Sharpton is also calling
on Congress to pass a police reform
bill that failed back in 2021.
President Biden is planning
to meet with lawmakers.
At it tomorrow,
many people are just fed up
with High Excel energy bills and
they're demanding answers.
Yep, this week many got that
opportunity to talk directly to the
state regulators who approved those
rates and they did not hold back.
According to the Colorado Public
Utilities Commission, or PUC,
gas prices are about 40% higher
than they were last year.
And with the colder temperatures
that we saw in January,
customers are likely using more.
Natural gas is purchased by Excel
and that cost is passed down
to customers dollar for dollar.
At Tuesday's meeting,
customers shared their frustrations and
they didn't have much of a response.
Mr. Blank, how can we get
answers to our questions?
Right now you are very polite
and you are pacifying everybody.
How can we get answer to our questions?
What form do we have to go through?
This is obviously not working.
I don't know
what to tell you.
We have a pending cases in front
of us and we function as judges in
those cases and we are not capable of
answering questions and forums like
this without prejudicing prejudicing.
Our ability to decide those future cases.
He recommends customers to reach out
to the utility consumer advocate.
That's a group that represents the public
and hearings in front of the Commission.