most of the fire to the back of the building and second floor. this is video when we were here earlier. we were the first on seen when you could really see that smoke barreling out. a lot of people had to rush out of their home. some barefoot. a pregnant woman got out okay. one man is taken to the hospital, though, in serious condition. we talked to one man who barely got out. listen. me and my wife were asleep and heard a commotion. we weren t sure what was going on. sounded like something hit the building, actually. then somebody started yelling fire, and i smelled smoke. we hurryed up and got dressed best we could and went to feel the door and it was hot. it was warm, not really hot, but you could tell. reporter: certainly are traffic impacts here. several fire trucks still on welton here. jayson luber is back in the studio covering that. welton street is closed and the light rail runs along welton up to 30th and downing. there s a bus bridge in place now from rtd fr
they are not always perfect. one predicted three feet of snow for the denver area. considering next week s possible storm, we wonder what makes predicting snow totals so difficult? the different models we look at are all points toward a similar system. meteorologist begins with computers. there is one model indicating 10 to 15 inches. the other is more conservative. reporter: meteorologists at the national weather service use multiple weather models run by different countries to forecast what is coming. the new models come in every six or 12 hours and different models may have a different storm track. reporter: but the models don t always matchup. right now, it is because the storm is hovering over the pacific. we will see the storms five days out. say one thing. reporter: even when the storms make landfall. a lot of trouble with the terrain in the west. not just colorado, but all across the west. reporter: so while computers help, meteorologists say they
weather center. good morning breaking another strong warning from university of denver for students to aware of their surrounds. school officials say the criminal described as a forcible fondler has struck again. noel brennan is live at d-u with an update on this investigation. overnight a man and his dog escaped a but there was major damage to the home. it happened in evergreen around midnight. departments responded to the fire and were able control quickly. water had to be trucked onto the scene since there were no fire hydrants in the while 9news reporter noel brennan was on scene he learned that the homeower had just recently moved in. family and loved ones are mourning the loss of a nanny from peonia, colorado who died while in austria. lauren mann s body was discovered half-naked, face down, and what officers describe as a considerable amount of blood in an apartment. vienna police now believe her death could a homicide. david kore-vaar,a former teacher of mann ,s says
information for you. and will update you throughout the morning. breaking news this morning. police say a person was fondled near the d-u campus overnight the university is warning students to be on alert. as police search for the suspect. 9news reporter noel brennan is live at d-u this morning. noel - this is the third reported fondling in just a week. good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. corey, gary and you on this friday eve. marty and amelia are also joining us. marty- we continue the stair climb it s the last chance for republican presidential candidates to reach voters caucuses begin. however, the frontrunner says he won t be a part 9news reporter here with more on donald trump s decision. tarhonda a lot of people thought he would change his mind. yes. they thought he was maybe just bluffing a few days ago when he said he wouldn t be a part of tonight s debate. it s the last debate before iowa caucuses. and some in his own party say missing the debate.
4:15 this morning. that s when firefighters got that call of a fire. they say about ten people were inside and one of those people was seriously injured. serious conditions. firefighters have not been able to tell us if they had smoke inhalation or burns. we are working on updates on that. as far as this fire goes, as of a couple minutes ago actually still burning. it may not look like it right still burning a couple minutes ago. the firefighters are on the inside and they are working the back side of this fire. on the back of that building are live power lines that fell down during this fire. so xcel energy has come to the scene to deactivate the lines and make sure they don t pose a risk to firefighters and residents. speaking of residents, the speech who lived here, one of the people told me this is somewhat of a shelter for people who are down on their luck and experiencing hard times. ten people lived in here in building. it s a have he old building. as we know, five poi