Overview
- Crews responded around 6 a.m. to a two-story, 12-unit building near West 123rd and South Bishop streets and contained the blaze after it spread into the attic.
- No residents were injured, and alarms helped prompt evacuation, while one firefighter was treated for a minor knee injury.
- The incident was elevated to a three-alarm response as additional manpower and resources were called to the scene.
- Several residents were displaced, with the American Red Cross assisting people from up to 16 units as crews boarded up damaged apartments.
- Authorities have opened a cause investigation, and video from the scene showed flames venting through the roof.