Crews Battle 4-Alarm Fire At Apartment Complex In Oak Cliff
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Crews with Dallas Fire-Rescue battled a four-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Oak Cliff Tuesday evening.
Crews responded to the fire just after 6:45 p.m. at a vacant apartment building in the 800 block of North Ewing Avenue.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw flames coming from two separate apartment buildings. Flames from the vacant apartment building spread to a neighboring building. As the fire grew, a four-alarm response was initiated.
Fire officials say almost 100 firefighters were needed to bring the fire under control before they declared it extinguished.
According to reports at the scene, the fire caused a partial roof collapse of one of the buildings and that electricity was cut from several surrounding buildings. Police at the scene say the building where the fire started had been vacant for several months and that there were no residents inside.
#Oncor tells me power will be restored to Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas where fire gutted apartment building. Power cut at request of #Dallas fire department as firefighters were working dangerously close to power lines. Power expected back shortly. pic.twitter.com/2NAZgd88L1
— MaryAnn Martinez (@MaryAnnreports) June 13, 2018
Fire in Oak Cliff in #Dallas has been burning for over an hour. Photo is from when the fire first started. Police tell me building has been vacant for several months. No residents. Photo credit: Undra Johnson @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/EqFh4YBC4A
— MaryAnn Martinez (@MaryAnnreports) June 13, 2018
Officials say of the two buildings involved in the fire, one of them was a one-story, five-unit building that was occupied. Eight residents were displaced from the building, but the American Red Cross was called to assist.
There were no injuries to residents or firefighters. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.