Overview
- The fire was reported just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of North Mountain View Avenue as a vehicle fire that escalated quickly.
- Firefighters arrived to a carport, several vehicles, and an upstairs apartment unit burning, with flames extending to a neighboring complex and radiant heat breaking windows.
- Crews evacuated residents and brought the blaze under control in about 50 minutes, and no injuries were reported.
- Five vehicles and one apartment unit were destroyed and four additional units sustained varying damage, leaving 18 residents displaced.
- The American Red Cross is assisting those displaced as investigators work to determine the cause, and officials credited sounding smoke detectors with aiding evacuations.