A fire damaged 20 storage units in Brighton early Thursday morning.
It started at the Pony Express Mini Storage sometime before 3 a.m. The storage facility is located at 180 Bromley Business Parkway.
People driving by on Interstate 76 noticed the smoke and flames and called 911.
Firefighters had to cut into a storage unit to get inside.
This photo was taken as crews cut into a storage unit to get to the fire early this morning pic.twitter.com/hB0iMQvVvB
— Brighton Fire Rescue (@BrightonFire) April 21, 2016
Another photo taken shortly after crews arrived on scene of the storage facility fire this morning pic.twitter.com/Npw2OkpAYT
— Brighton Fire Rescue (@BrightonFire) April 21, 2016
The flames were out by 5:30 a.m. but smoke was still coming from the units at 6 a.m., Denver7 Reporter Jason Gruenauer said.
The aftermath of the fire damage at Brighton storage facility. No injuries, but 20 units were damaged @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/gZvQrJmCuo
— Jason Gruenauer (@JGonTV) April 21, 2016
The company is in the process of notifying the customers impacted by the fire.
Sad loss of this vintage car from a fire that affected 20 units at a storage facility in Brighton. #denver7 pic.twitter.com/CWeZzq3CAp
— Daryl Orr (@WxTrackerDaryl) April 21, 2016
The fire left the structure unstable.
Emergency construction crew on scene to stabilize burned out storage units, put up fences @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/7uzTi8U039
— Jason Gruenauer (@JGonTV) April 21, 2016