More than 24 hours after a fire leveled Nederland’s Caribou Village Shopping Center , the site is still considered too dangerous for fire crews and investigators to access, officials say.

Speaking with media at the scene Friday morning, Boulder County sheriff’s spokesman Vinnie Montez said investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office are on the scene.

However, Nederland Fire Protection District Chief Charlie Schmidtmann said none are expected to be able to access the charred remains until Saturday afternoon.

He said there is still no word on the cause or source of the fire, which spread quickly through the shopping center in the predawn hours T

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