Crews respond to fire at high-rise apartment building on Rainey Street

The Austin Fire Department said the fire was in a 14th-floor apartment at SkyHouse.

AUSTIN, Texas — A fire at a high-rise apartment building in Downtown Austin is now extinguished.

Just before 7 p.m. Monday, the Austin Fire Department said its crews were responding to the fire at a 14th-floor apartment at SkyHouse at 51 Rainey St. The incident was upgraded to a second-alarm fire and all streets were blocked in the area.

By around 7:05 p.m., AFD said the fire had been knocked down. Crews completed a search of the apartment and found no one inside. A dog was rescued from the apartment unharmed and reunited with its owner.

The fire was deemed under control by around 7:10 p.m. Crews were working to remove smoke from the apartment and hallway and doing salvage work to limit water damage from the sprinkler system.

AFD said the fire was extinguished by 7:20 p.m. All second-alarm units were cleared from the incident and smoke was cleared from the building.

According to AFD, the fire started on a stovetop. Damage was contained to one apartment.

No injuries were reported.