Families at a Northeast Dallas complex are relocating after flames tore through 18 apartments overnight. NBC 5’s David Goins has the latest on their recovery efforts.
Property management at a northeast Dallas apartment complex confirmed that 13 families were forced from their homes after a fire early Monday.
Firefighters battled a large fire at a two-story apartment complex in Dallas for several hours on Monday morning, officials said.
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WATCH HEREAccording to Dallas Fire-Rescue, units responded to a 911 call about a structure fire at an apartment complex at 6749 Larmanda Street at 12:42 a.m.
Officials said when firefighters arrived at the two-story apartment complex, they saw heavy fire coming from a first-floor unit of one of the buildings.
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SIGN UP Firefighters began to attack the blaze, but the fire was in its advanced stages and spread rapidly, officials said.
According to fire officials, a second alarm response was requested at 12:57 a.m. at which point firefighters pulled everyone from inside the building and initiated defensive suppression tactics.
There were no reported injuries.
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On Monday afternoon, several families continued to collect salvageable belongings to move into nearby empty units at Stratford Hill Apartments.
An employee in the property management office told NBC-5 they would know later in the evening or on Tuesday the total number of people displaced from the fire.
Elmer Catalan showed up in the predawn hours to help his grandmother who was forced from her home of over 15 years.
"Every year, Christmas time, New Year’s time, we always gather around in this apartment right here so years of memory in that apartment,” Catalan said.
Many of his grandmother's possessions, including several framed family photos were placed on a grassy area in the parking lot until another empty unit at the complex could be readied.
"My grandma is very religious, so she really wanted us to make sure that we got all her Virgin Mary frames and all her religious frames," Catalan said. "
Officials said approximately 45 to 50 firefighters used hand lines and aerial ladder towers to suppress the flames.
Firefighters declared that the blaze had been put out at 4:43 a.m., officials said.
According to Dallas fire officials, it is unclear how many residents were impacted, but there were no injuries reported in connection with the fire.
The cause of this fire remains undetermined, officials said.
