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Crews battle Gilpin fire along Allegheny River

Joyce Hanz And Patrick Varine
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Gilpin firefighters get ready to leave the scene of a fire that destroyed a camp home along Godfrey Road on Monday, Feb. 28. Gilpin firefighters get ready to leave the scene of a fire that destroyed a camp home along Godfrey Road on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.
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A camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin was completely destroyed by fire on Monday, Feb. 28. A camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin was completely destroyed by fire on Monday, Feb. 28. 2022.
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Two neighboring homes sustained heat damage when a camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin was destroyed by fire early on Monday, Feb. 28. Two neighboring homes sustained heat damage when a camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin was destroyed by fire early on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.
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Little remains from a camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin that burned on Monday, Feb. 28. Two neighboring camps had exterior damage from the heat of the fire. Little remains from a camp home along Godfrey Road in Gilpin that burned on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Two neighboring camps had exterior damage from the heat of the fire.

Emergency crews are wrapping up the scene of a fire on Godfrey Road in Gilpin.

Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Godfrey Road, on the banks of the Allegheny River, around 5:45 a.m. for a report of a fully involved house fire.

Gilpin fire Chief Phil McConville said the single-family home, which he described as a “camp” home,” was not occupied and no injuries were reported.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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