COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On Friday, Aug 30, the Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a working structure fire at 3805 Radiant Drive. A second alarm was called for this fire.
Firefighters on the scene have reported heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the apartment building.
As of 6:32 a.m., CSFD has knocked down the fire and are searching the building.
As of 6:38 a.m., CSFD has called a third alarm for this fire.
As of 7:37 a.m., CSFD tweeted that the fire was under control.
Background
According to CSFD, the department's response to the fire started at 6:10 a.m. Upon arriving on the scene, firefighters noticed the smoke and called a working structure fire.
Additional help arrived at 6:11 a.m. as heavy smoke poured out of a second-floor apartment on the east side of the building.
A second alarm was called due to the large amount of people that had to be evacuated from the building as well as the large amount of people in surrounding buildings.
The fire was under control at around 7:02 a.m.
The fire got into the roof before being put out.
The bulk of the fire was knocked down when the third alarm was called.
According to CSFD PIO Ashley Franco, the third alarm was called to give more resources to the firefighting effort.
There were four civilian injuries due to this fire— three were evaluated and released on scene for smoke inhalation.
One person was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries after jumping from their third-floor window to escape the fire said a neighbor to News5.
At least one person underwent a ladder rescue from the third floor.
The building that was on fire was home to 32 units and CSFD says that most of the building will be unlivable at this time.
It is unclear how many of the 58 residents will be displaced at this time.
It is unclear how this fire started at this time.
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