Officials in Denver say 10 people were taken to hospitals and dozens were displaced after an explosion and transformer fire at an assisted living facility.

Eight people were hospitalized and 87 residents were displaced after an explosion at the Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus in Denver on Wednesday, March 12, according to the Denver Fire Department.

The Denver Fire Department is investigating an explosion at a senior living center that caused a fire Wednesday morning.According to DFD, the fire broke out at a large nursing assisted living facility near Quebec Street and Smith Way around 11:30 a.

A fire and explosion were reported at a Denver-area assisted home facility on Wednesday morning. According to a social media post from the Denver Fire Department, crews responded to the fire around 11:30 a.m. local time. About a half hour later, the fire department said an explosion had been reported inside the same facility.

Wendy Williams was taken by ambulance from an assisted living facility in Hudson Yards in Midtown Manhattan to a nearby hospital.

A construction crew working near the main building hit a power line, causing an explosion that set a transformer on fire, fire officials said.

A southeast Denver assisted living facility that was rocked by an explosion Wednesday will remain closed for the foreseeable future, according to the Denver Fire Department.

Nearly 90 people were displaced after an apparent explosion at an assisted living center Wednesday in southeast Denver that sent eight people to the hospital.