PHOTOS: A fire at a Birmingham apartment complex displaced at least 20 residents Sunday afternoon, with the American Red Cross responding to assist those left without a home.
Officials said no injuries were reported. Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service responded to the blaze at the 2700 at Homewood apartment complex on Temple Crest Drive just after 4 p.m.
Birmingham Police Department officers were also on scene, knocking on doors to help residents and their pets evacuate. Residents were quickly forced outside and stood for hours watching the fire spread from unit to unit.
One resident said smoke was visible from more than ten miles away. Vittorio Corey, who has lived at the complex for three months, said he initially thought a neighbor was grilling before realizing the building was on fire.
“I was standing on the end of my bathroom and I saw smoke. I thought someone was barbequing. But there was a fire, so I walked down to the end and had some officers down there, and as soon as they kicked the door open, the flames just erupted,” Corey said.
WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham
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