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Fire consumes 2 homes in Denver, mechanical issue suspected
DENVER (KKTV) – A massive fire that tore through two Denver homes Friday may have been due to a mechanical malfunction.
The fire ignited on the side of one of the houses and quickly jumped to the neighboring home, sending a towering plume of smoke up in the air:
Fireworks caused several fires in the Denver metro Thursday night, but sister CBS Denver reports that investigators didn’t have any indication that they were a culprit in the double house fire Friday.
One of the houses was empty — its occupants out of town — while in the other, a family and their dog managed to escape. Neighbors tried to help with water hoses but told CBS Denver the fire got too big too fast.
CBS Denver reports that the homes were heavily damaged; it’s unclear whether one or both is a total loss.
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The Patriots have a date with the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game.
Head coach Mike Vrabel’s team advanced to the title game with a gritty 28-16 win over the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
When is the AFC Championship Game?
New England will next travel to Denver on Sunday at 3 p.m. with a berth in the Super Bowl on the line. You can watch the game on CBS and Paramount+ and in the Boston area on WBZ-TV.
Head coach Mike Vrabel was asked how his team can block out the noise heading into next week’s game, as well as the noise from fans expected at Empower Field at Mile High, which is considered one of the toughest road environments in the league.
“We know the stadium is going to be loud,” Vrabel said. “Every opportunity — I think what we’ve done is we’ve asked them to embrace the preparation, embrace the strain and also enjoy every minute of this, enjoy walking into this stadium, coming in here, enjoy putting your uniform on, enjoy going out there doing warm-ups and enjoy seeing your family. But mostly enjoy the execution. We’ll keep doing that, and we know we’ve got to go on the road to a No. 1 seed in the AFC, and it’s not going to be easy. But we’ll come out and be ready to go.”
Patriots or Broncos to represent AFC in Super Bowl
New England caught a break before their game on Sunday even began. Broncos starting quarterback Bo Nix suffered a season-ending injury in overtime against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday.
As a result, former Patriots backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham will be behind center against his former team.
Super Bowl LX takes place on Sunday, February 8. It is being held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.
The ecstasy of victory, followed by the crushing news of injury; Denver Broncos fans are reeling after coach Sean Payton revealed that starting quarterback Bo Nix will miss the remainder of the postseason with a broken bone in his ankle.
The fractured occurred during the second to last play for the Broncos in their 33-30 overtime victory against the Buffalo Bills, and the former Oregon Duck is already scheduled for surgery. Looking at this injury in the scope of Nix’s overall career, the stall in postseason momentum provides a massive challenge but also proves an upside in Nix’s influence with the Broncos.
Bo Nix Brings Success to the Broncos
For any Bronco fan, it’s obvious that Nix’s impact can be directly seen in the production of the team flourishing after almost a decade of stagnancy. This upcoming AFC Championship will be the first hosted at Mile High since 2014.
Amassing 3,931 yards and 25 touchdowns this season with three touchdowns (26/46 and 279 yards in the passing game) against the Bills, Nix was securely the starter at Mile High prior to his broken bone incident. Nix took nearly every single snap over Stidham in 2024 and 2025.
The Broncos were also a Super Bowl favorite heading into the divisional round. However, after Nix’s injury broke into the headlines, their odds have dropped down to +850 at DraftKings Sportsbook, further illustrating Nix’s importance as a leader.
Bo Nix’s Success at Oregon Shows His Ability to Endure
After Nix’s tenure at Auburn, he took a potentially dwindling career and pivoted to the Ducks which resulted in a breath of new life and the current success he’s having to this day.
Getting benched from the starting position at Auburn halfway into the 2021 season, Nix joined Oregon and coach Dan Lanning in 2022 to help produce a 10-3 season and then continued to fight with a 11-2 2023 season topped off with a Fiesta Bowl win and a visit to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist.
Nix’s past history of leadership and comebacks shows that the current success in Denver isn’t a fluke, and likely isn’t a one time spark depending on his ankle recovery. He revived his career at Oregon, and Nix hit the ground running in the NFL. This latest injury might be a speed bump in his path, and how it affects the Broncos team remains to be seen, but Nix has shown the ability to get back up after being knocked down.
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Bo Nix Dealt With Ankle Injuries Before
With all this success, there’s proven ground that Nix can bounce back for another successful season with the Broncos. Plus, according to Payton’s same post-game media availability, this type of injury is something Nix dealt with in the past.
“He’s such a strong, faith-based guy,” Payton said. “He’s sitting in the hallway with his family and coming over and we’re all talking to him. He knows that God’s got a plan for him and he said he had (a broken ankle) in high school and then he said he had one at Auburn.”
“He’s a tough cookie,” Payton added. “And this team all year has lost key players and will rise up for the next challenge.”
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Denver police put a shelter-in-place order in effect on Saturday night for a two-block area in the southern part of the city. A wireless emergency alert about the order was sent out to a “broader area than intended,” according to the Denver Public Safety Department.
The police department said people in the area of 2495 South Vine Street should stay inside and stay away from windows and doors “until further notice.” That’s in the University neighborhood close to the University of Denver campus.
Numerous police cars could be seen with lights flashing at 8:30 p.m. in the area around an apartment building near the intersection of Vine Street and East Harvard Avenue.
Officials from DU Campus Safety said there is “no active threat to DU” in a post on X.
So far it’s not clear what sort of threat has prompted the safety warning.
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