DENVER — A family of nine in Denver is devastated after flames ripped through their home and everything they owned — just days before the holidays.
Crews responded to the fire on Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. near Sheridan Blvd. and Mississippi Ave.
Raul Saenz, the owner of the home, said his family was not home at the time of the fire. He said his daughter was the first to alert him of what was going on when he was at work.
“She started calling me, and that’s when she told me that the house was on fire. She had just left to go pick up the kids from school, and by the time she got back, the house was already engulfed in flames,” Saenz added.
Saenz said the house is where he and his wife have raised their six children and grand-daughter for the past 10 years.
“Being that …