Cleanup is underway after flames swept through several units of a Lakewood apartment complex over the weekend. Belongings could be seen piled up and doors boarded up on Monday after the fire.

"My apartment, oh my God," one tenant could be heard saying on cellphone video that captured the flames erupting.

West Metro Fire investigators believe the fire was started by an unattended space heater on a deck.

"Really, the big safety issue is making sure you don't have anything flammable around that device," said Steve Aseltine, Deputy Chief of Life Safety for West Metro Fire.

"It is inevitable that (the warm spell) is going to change, and when that happens, folks will be using space heaters more and other fire appliances that they can use," he said.

Aseltine recommends using a device wit

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