FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The community is coming together to support the Fort Collins Rescue Mission after a fire broke out in the kitchen over the weekend , causing extensive damage to the building.

While there were no injuries, dozens of people staying at the shelter were displaced.

“We were full. We had 89 men in our shelter that night,” said Seth Forwood, Northern Colorado vice president of programs for the Rescue Mission. “And so we started planning around where else we could go to give guys a place to rest.”

Poudre Fire Authority said the fire started “at the base of a food warming cabinet.” While the flames and worst damage stayed inside the kitchen, the smoke caused damage throughout the building. Fire damage inside the Fort Collins Rescue Mission.

Forwood credited the lack of

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