Overview
- Crews were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. to the Burl North Apartments in the 2500 block of Burleson Road.
- Firefighters found six people inside the unit, and three children were pronounced dead at the scene.
- Two adults and one child were transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
- The blaze was extinguished within hours and contained to the two-story unit, with an attic fire stop preventing spread to neighbors.
- About 30 units were evacuated and remain displaced as AFD works to determine a cause and APD’s Homicide Unit conducts a protocol review without suspecting foul play.