Abantu babiri bapfiriye mu muriro mu nzu y’amagorofa abiri aherereye kuri Gunnison Avenue ku wa Gatatu mu gitondo, nk’uko byatangajwe n’Ikigo cy’ubutabazi bwihuse cya Grand Junction (Grand Junction Fire Department).
Nk’uko iri shami ry’ubutabazi ribitangaza, ryitabye ubutabazi ku muriro wari wibasiye inzu yo guturamo iherereye mu kibanza cya 1100 kuri Gunnison Avenue, ahagana saa tatu n’iminota 46 za mu gitondo (9:46 a.m.), nyuma yo guhamagarwa n’abantu bari babonye umwotsi n’inkongi byarimo bisohoka mu madirishya y’iyo nzu.
Abazimya umuriro binjiye mu nzu basanga harimo abantu babiri bahise basohorwa maze bahabwa ubufasha bw’ibanze aho byabereye. Nk’uko itangazo ry’Ikigo cy’ubutabazi ribivuga, abo bantu bahise bajyanwa mu bitaro byegereye aho byabereye, ariko nyuma baza gupfira ku bikomere bakomerekeye muri uwo muriro.
Uretse abo bantu babiri, n’imbwa hamwe n’injangwe bari muri iyo nzu nabo bapfiriye muri uwo muriro.
Abazimya umuriro bahise bashobora kuwuzimya ndetse banasaka neza iyo nzu. Bemeje ko nta bandi bantu bahasize ubuzima.
Umuvugizi w’Ikigo cy’ubutabazi cya Grand Junction, Dirk Clingman, yavuze ko uwo muriro wasabaga uburyo bwo kuwurwanya butaziguye kandi bukaze, aho abakozi b’ubutabazi binjiye mu nzu bigaragara ko ari umuriro ukaze kugira ngo babashe gushakamo abarokoka no kuwucogoza vuba bashoboye kugira ngo barokore abantu benshi bashoboka ndetse banarinde n’umutungo.
Clingman yavuze ko imodoka eshanu zifashishwa mu kuzimya umuriro ari zo zahise zitabazwa muri ubwo butabazi, kandi ko ari ibisanzwe iyo habaye inkongi yibasira inzu yo guturamo.
Yongeyeho ko nubwo inzu yashegeshwe n’umuriro, ibyangiritse bidasa n’ibyarenze urugero, ariko ntiyabashije kuvuga niba iyo nzu izongera gukoreshwa cyangwa niba izasenywa burundu.
Clingman yavuze kandi ko iyo nkongi yari hafi cyane y’izindi nyubako, ariko abakozi b’ubutabazi babashije kuyirwanya vuba ku buryo itageze ku yindi mitungo kandi nta ngaruka yagize ku baturanyi cyangwa ku gace kari kuyegereye.
Inkomoko n’impamvu y’iyo nkongi bikomeje gukorwaho iperereza. Ibiro by’Umupfapfa w’Akarere ka Mesa (Mesa County Coroner’s Office) ni byo bizatangaza amazina y’abitabye Imana nyuma yo kumenyesha imiryango yabo nk’uko amategeko abiteganya.
Gunnison Avenue yari yafunzwe by’agateganyo hagati ya 11th Street na 12th Street mu gihe abashinzwe ubutabazi bari bakiri mu mirimo yo kuzimya umuriro.
