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Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work at a fatal fire early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse, 2100 block of West Third Avenue. The fire was reported at 1:48 a.m. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse units, 2100 block of West Third Avenue. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse, 2100 block of West Third Avenue. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse, 2100 block of West Third Avenue. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Fire walls helped stop the progress of a fatal fire as it burned through the Tercero Townhouse units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue in Durango early Wednesday. The fire was reported at 1:48 a.m. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters spray water on hot spots of Tercero Townhouse units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue in Durango early Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A Durango Fire Protection District firefighter heads inside Tercero Townhouse units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue in Durango Wednesday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A Durango Fire Protection District firefighter straps on a fresh air tank during the fire at Tercero Townhouse units at 2123 West Third Ave. The fire started in a center unit and spread to adjoining units. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work a fire early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District also fought the Tercero Townhouse fire on the west side of the units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue Wednesday morning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District was set up across from the Tercero Townhouse units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue early Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work the fire early Wednesday at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue. One person died and three were taken to hospitals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A car was completely burned during a fire at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue in Durango. The fire started about 1:48 a.m. Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work a fire at the Tercero Townhouse units at 2123 West Third Avenue in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango Fire Protection District firefighters spray water on hot spots at Tercero Townhouse units in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue in Durango early Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A center unit at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue is apparently where a fire started early Wednesday in Durango, spreading to other units. Photo courtesy of Donna Kramer

Firefighters battle a blaze at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue early Wednesday in Durango. Photo by John Livingston/Durango Herald

Firefighters battle a blaze at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue early Wednesday in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Fire officials interview residents of Tercero Townhouse after fire engulfed half the building on West Third Avenue and 21st Street early Wednesday. Photo by John Livingston/Durango Herald

Firefighters battle a blaze at Tercero Townhouse in the 2100 block of West Third Avenue early Wednesday in Durango. Photo by John Livingston/Durango Herald