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.

Explosion at assisted-living facility sends eight to the hospital and leaves almost 90 residents homeless - Fire crews responded to reports of a structure fire at the Eastern Star Masonic Retirement C

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.

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.