Firefighters battle blaze at Orlando apartment complex
WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M ALAN CAMPBELL AND I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH. WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS OF A FIRE IN ORLANDO. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN IS LIVE AT THE ROYAL ISLES APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR SOUTH SEMORAN BOULEVARD. BOB. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES? WE TALKED TO A YOUNG LADY WHO LIVES HERE, LIVES RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT APARTMENT THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT ALONG WITH HER FAMILY. AND AS FAR AS WE’VE HEARD RIGHT NOW, NO ONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT IN THIS FIRE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE. THERE’S STILL SOME FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE CLEARED OUT. THIS IS IN THE SECOND STORY OF THIS APARTMENT BUILDING HERE. THE ROYAL ISLES APARTMENT, AS YOU SAID, NEAR CIMARRON, RIGHT OFF OF ROBERTO CLEMENTE ROAD. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM OUR DRONE, TOO. WE’VE HAD THIS FLYING JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT WHAT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX LOOKS LIKE NOW, AFTER THIS FIRE. AGAIN, THIS WAS ON A SECOND STORY UNIT. THE FIRE BROKE OUT A LITTLE AFTER 4:00 THIS MORNING. SO THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO HERE SAID THAT THEY WERE SLEEPING WHEN THEY HEARD EVERYTHING START GOING CRAZY IN THE FIRE BURNING ABOVE THEIR APARTMENT. WE AGAIN, DON’T HAVE ANY WORD OF ANY PEOPLE BEING INJURED. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO THAT WE GOT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE BUILDING. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE ORLANDO FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS. OF COURSE, WE KNOW IT’S BEEN COLD WEATHER LATELY, SO THERE’S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WAS A SPACE HEATER OR SOME OTHER KIND OF HEATING MECHANISM USED TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM IN THEIR APARTMENT. BUT AGAIN, NO WORD FROM ORLANDO FIRE DEPARTMENT YET ABOUT WHAT DID CAUSE THIS. WE DO KNOW THEY DO HAVE THEIR INVESTIGATORS HERE AT THE SCENE AT THIS POINT, INVESTIGATING WHAT DID SPARK THAT FIRE AT THIS APARTMENT BUILDING. BUT AGAIN, JUST ONE MORE TIME. THE GOOD NEWS IS NO WORD OF ANY SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER THIS FIRE AT THIS APARTMENT BUILDING EARLY THIS MORNING COV
The Orlando Fire Department battled an apartment fire on Thursday morning. The fire was reported at the Royal Isles apartment complex, located off Semoran Boulevard and Lake Underhill Road.A resident living under the unit that caught fire said that she was able to evacuate safely with her family. A video showed the moment the flames shot out of the apartment complex.The blaze caused significant damage to some units, but details about what prompted the fire were not revealed.At this time, no injuries have been reported. This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The Orlando Fire Department battled an apartment fire on Thursday morning.
The fire was reported at the Royal Isles apartment complex, located off Semoran Boulevard and Lake Underhill Road.
A resident living under the unit that caught fire said that she was able to evacuate safely with her family.
A video showed the moment the flames shot out of the apartment complex.
The blaze caused significant damage to some units, but details about what prompted the fire were not revealed.
At this time, no injuries have been reported.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.