丹佛警方和消防官员称，清晨的一场房屋火灾似乎是人为纵火，造成五人死亡，其中包括两名儿童。
丹佛消防局称，火灾是在当地时间凌晨2:40左右报道的。警察部门说，做出反应的警察试图把人们带出房子，但是酷热把他们推了回去。
据丹佛消防局发言人说，有三个人从郊区住宅的第二层跳下，逃离了大火。据信他们没有严重受伤。
据消防部门称，一名幼儿、一名儿童和三名成人遇难。消防官员在新闻发布会上说，他们都是在一楼被发现的。
2020年8月4日，在丹佛，消防员正在扑灭一场致命的房屋火灾。
2020年8月4日，在丹佛，消防员正在扑灭一场致命的房屋火灾。
丹佛警方调查科科长乔·蒙托亚在周三上午的新闻发布会上说:“我们有证据表明这是一起纵火案。”
他没有就证据提供进一步的信息。
“会调查这场火灾的...作为凶杀案的调查，”蒙托亚说。
2 kids among 5 dead in Denver house fire, arson suspected
Five people are dead, including two children, in an early morning house fire that Denver police and fire officials say appears to be arson.
The fire was reported around 2:40 a.m. local time, the Denver Fire Department said. Responding officers tried to get people out of the house but the intense heat pushed them back, the police department said.
Three people escaped the fire by jumping from the second story of the suburban home, according to a Denver Fire Department spokesperson. They are not believed to be significantly injured.
A toddler, a child and three adults were killed, according to the fire department. They were all found on the first floor, fire officials said at a news conference.
"We have indication through some evidence that it was an arson," Joe Montoya, Denver police Division Chief of Investigations, said at a Wednesday morning news conference.
He did not provide further information on the evidence.
The fire "will be investigated ... as a homicide investigation," Montoya said.
